Recommendations?

[Beeeyeee]

Hey guys I'm buying the Nikon D3300 and I'm gunna need a Tripod, Slider, and Fluid Head. 

Can I get your recommendations for these Please?:) 

 

I've never bought these before, so what do I need to know? I'm pretty sure you have to have a special tripod to be able to mount a new head correct? what about a slider?

 

Thank you In advance!

[ShadowCaptain]

Do you have a budget?

 

For a tripod head I can 100000% recommend the manfrotto mv500ah, and honestly some cheap manfrotto legs while you are at it

also check out benro, who do some decent budget fluid heads and legs

For a slider, something like the glidegear is about as cheap as you can go for decent quality, I am using a super budget slider that cost me £50 and its appaling, very hard to get smooth pans - the more you can spend the better

but really it depends what you can spend

[ALwin]

4 hours ago, ShadowCaptain said:

but really it depends what you can spend

and what sort of quality you want and quite possible what sort of future expandability you might wish.

 

When considering a tripod:

• head has to be able to support the weight of camera + accessories
• legs has to support head + camera + accessories
• risky to put a 1kg head + 4kg camera on a leg that only supports 4kg
• also it looks weird to put a tripod head with a wide diameter base on a narrow diameter tripod

[ALwin]

11 hours ago, ShadowCaptain said:

budget slider that cost me £50 and its appaling, very hard to get smooth pans

If you're a bit of a DIY person, you can try making a slider/dolly out of a skateboard or skateboard wheels.

[ShadowCaptain]

12 hours ago, ALwin said:

If you're a bit of a DIY person, you can try making a slider/dolly out of a skateboard or skateboard wheels.

Very true, lots of videos on the web showing you how to do this too, you could even buy a cheapo slider and modify it etc