How to choose a tripod

A tripod is an essential piece of photographic kit used to stabilise and elevate the camera. It plays a vital role particularly when shooting with slower shutter speeds. 

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Tripod types

Tripody

Tripods

Suitable for situations where it is necessary to firmly stabilise the camera to achieve long exposure times.

Tripods with three support legs

  • Helps achieve long exposure times
  • 3 support legs provides high stability
  • For night photography, landscapes, and time-lapse photography.
Monopody

Monopods

Monopods are easily portable and storable. They come into their own in sports and reportage photography.

Highly portable tripods

  • Vertical stabilisation
  • Highly portable
  • For sports and reportage photography
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Table-top tripods

Highly portable tripods with limited load bearing capacity, particularly suitable for compact cameras.

Tripods for compacts

  • Compact and lightweight
  • Help achieve long exposure times
  • Suitable for compact cameras

Tripod heads

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Ball heads

Allow you to adjust the horizontal and vertical angle simultaneously, before quickly locking the head in the desired position.

Quick adjustment and flexibility

  • Quickly set the head at almost any angle imaginable
  • Adjust the horizontal and vertical position simultaneously
  • For sports and wildlife photography
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Three-way heads

Individual axes are adjusted separately, making this type of head suitable for precise framing.

Axes are adjusted separately

  • For photographers who need to precisely set the position of the camera
  • For shooting landscapes, architecture, product photos or panoramas
Videohlavy

Video heads

Suitable for video recording, these heads allow for smooth and accurate tracking.

For video shooting

  • Able to move on two axes simultaneously
  • Smooth tracking
  • Designed for video shooting

Glossary - Tripods

Tripod

A tripod is essential piece of photographic kit used to stabilise the camera during longer exposure times.

Tripod head

The tripod head attaches the supported device (e.g. a camera) to the tripod legs and allows the device to be locked or positioned in different ways. Tripod heads differ according to the clamping mechanism used and the method of adjusting the axis.

Image stabilisation

Image stabilisation helps to prevent blur caused by camera shake. You should consider getting a lens with image stabilisation if you often use zoom or shoot without a tripod.