Who says high-capacity assist gear must look tough and rugged? This tripod from Falcam affords excellent payload and stability in a glossy and easy design.
Panorama pictures might be the style that has the widest vary of necessities for tripods. Panorama photographers, particularly those that journey lengthy distances carrying their gear, want a great steadiness between a light-weight tripod that’s straightforward to convey round and a heavy-duty tripod that may stand up to the weather. We additionally want tripods that may go excessive in case the shot requires it however, on the identical time, one that may go very low for dynamic foreground compositions. The beefed-up model of Falcam’s respected TreeRoot tripod goals to present precisely that.
The Falcam TreeRoot QuickLock Professional Tripod
The Falcam TreeRoot QuickLock Professional tripod is a 4-section carbon fiber tripod with comparatively longer leg sections that give it a taller most top. The biggest part of every leg is as thick as 30mm, which contributes to the tripod’s spectacular weight capability. When absolutely folded, the tripod is 20.4 inches (51.9 cm) with out the top. When absolutely prolonged, it reaches a top of 60 inches (152.5 cm), which is taller than most journey tripods with a middle column prolonged. When the legs are set to the widest unfold, the tripod can go as little as simply 6.7 inches (17 cm) from the bottom to the bottom of the central joint. The precise top to the digital camera would depend upon the ball head getting used, which is 6.5 inches with the elective Falcam x Marsace XB-2R ballhead.
On the very tip of every leg is a detachable rubber foot that reveals a built-in steel spike for extra demanding terrain. On every of the leg sections are heavy-duty rubber-coated twist locks which have been particularly designed to launch with a sure drive threshold after only a 1/3 flip of the lock. This makes positive that the legs don’t by accident launch from an unintentional nudge but additionally supplies a fast method to unlock and prolong the tripod with minimal effort. On the proximal ends of every of the legs are launch buttons for every of the legs’ angles for low-angle photographs and adapting to uneven floor.
On the corners of every of those joints is a pair of ordinary accent ports suitable with 1/4-inch screw threads and Falcam’s F22 plate embedded for fast mounting and launch of their very own vary of friction arms and instruments. These ports can be utilized to mount extra cameras or equipment corresponding to prolonged batteries or displays to the setup with out having to make use of different stands.
On the very prime is a 3/8-inch screw for mounting any commonplace tripod head. The TreeRoot QuickLock Professional is accessible as legs solely or with a bundled Falcam Marsace XB-2R ball head.
The Falcam x Marsace XB-2R Head
This ballhead is a collaboration design from Falcam and one other tripod model known as Marsace, which built-in their QuickLock design for in all probability the quickest mounting of Arca-Swiss mounting plates on any tripod. This 6.5 x 5-inch tall ball head has a payload of 5 kilograms and weighs 454 grams by itself. This doesn’t actually maximize the tripod’s excessive capability of fifty kilograms; nevertheless, realistically, not many photographers would require gear that goes past 5 kilograms anyway.
On the backside of the top is a small pan knob that enables for 360-degree panning movement. It’s accompanied by the big fundamental knob that unlocks the ball joint altogether. This fundamental knob is encased in laborious, sturdy rubber with attainable attachment factors on the aspect.
Above the ball joint is one other small knob that gives a secondary panning axis proper on the quick-release platform, which rotates whatever the stage of the legs and the top. On the perpendicular aspect to it’s a lever that controls the QuickLock mechanism. This lever requires a single pull backward and triggers the platform to launch the digital camera mounting plate. The platform encompasses a distinctive mechanism match for Falcam’s F38 plates in addition to most different Arca-Swiss format mounting plates. Mounting the digital camera requires first aligning one aspect of the plate to the empty aspect of the platform, then urgent down the alternative aspect to set off the button that engages the lock. This enables for mounting the digital camera with one swift movement with one hand.
Software and Consumer Expertise
Any type of photographer would admire the tactile distinction of the Falcam TreeRoot tripod line, together with this largest possibility, the TreeRoot QuickLock Professional. The legs are formed like flattened tubes in order that they kind a near-perfect cylinder when the three legs come collectively. The locks on the distal finish of the legs have been made with twist locks as a substitute of clip locks, supposedly as a result of they’ve extra uniform rigidity across the legs, however additionally they rid the type of the tripod of any sharp edges. The leg sections have been exactly made to be easy sufficient to slip down on their very own as soon as the sections are unlocked, which spares the person from having to drag down the leg sections individually.
Any panorama photographer would like to convey a smaller tripod, however one who needs to be prepared for something would convey exactly what this tripod has to supply. It supplies unquestionable sturdiness and stability, in addition to versatility with digital camera top. So as to add to the expertise, the quick-lock function of the top provides a pleasant contact of ease and effectivity.
Other than panorama pictures, this tripod is technically an important match for something that requires a big tripod with a major payload. With an acceptable head, this tripod can do effectively in wildlife pictures and even video. Due to the peak it affords, it may be an important possibility for taking pictures cityscapes and structure in addition to taking pictures lengthy time-lapse sequences.
Whereas this type of the TreeRoot Fast Lock Professional is already dependable and succesful, it might maybe be a whole bundle if it had a modular heart column very similar to what the smaller model has. That method, it will possibly attain even greater and be extra adaptive to what the shot entails.
What I Appreciated
Heavy-duty and sturdy tripod
Versatile top and angles
Clean construct and nice tactile expertise
A number of accent mounting choices
What Can Be Improved
