Dolica AX620B100 62-Inch Proline Tripod and Ball Head: Customer Reviews & Product Details

Whether you should get this tripod or not really depends on what you need a tripod for. I got this to hold up a light (Lowell ego) that can screw to a tripod. For that it's perfect. For reference, I'm a rank amateur and use a manfrotto 190x and d80 with light lenses, mainly for project documentation and food.

If you need a tripod to hold the camera for framing, convenience, but are doing relatively short exposures, remote or timer shutter, and don't really need to eliminate small vibrations, this is fine. Handling is more clunky than the manfrotto, but not bad. the 4th leg section on mine is stiff.

For long exposures at full extension, you would need to be extremely careful of vibration. Extending the 4th leg section is a big step down in stiffness. The 190x is more solid in this role, but I can appreciate why one would want the way more expensive tripods if doing these shots all the time.

At its shortest, it's plenty stiff to be a tabletop tripod, and the variable position legs are handy.

The ballhead is removable and ok for the d80 and small lenses if you crank down on it. The center column can be reversed if you unscrew the hook, but it's kind of a pain. Smells like diesel fuel.

Like other commenters have said, it's a very good value. You may need something bigger/stiffer/stronger depending on your application. It's not a magic substitute for a higher end tripod, but it's much better built than the next step down.

Now, do they really need to write "PROLINE" in 7 places on the tripod?

Although I would avoid putting a heavy SLR rig on it for the most part, it works perfect for my purposes. I needed to find some sturdy, compact tripods to hold my extra shoe flashes when I need to employ remote flashes on location. I also needed something handy to serve as a backup plan to my main tripod in a pinch. Because I need to have several of them to support multiple flashes, I needed a solution to be to be budget conscience, but I don't want cheap stuff either. This Dolica tripod fit the bill perfectly. Comparitively, it's really the best deal I could find and I looked far and wide for some time. Sturdy and well built, it fits nicely with the rest of my high end equipment. I'll likely be buying several of them for my flashes.

I am totally impressed with this tripod after spending weeks looking for a decent tripod for under $50. It's light, flexible, and seems very well put together. I love the ability to arrange it for macro shots. Get this one if you can't spring for a high quality one in the hundreds of dollars.

As Plein Air painters my wife and I each bought one of these tripods to use on our trip to Italy. We needed a tripod that we could pack in luggage and was sturdy enough to hold our palette boxes. Our boxes empty are 5 lbs, full of supplies they were pushing 10 lbs. Plus the stress of mixing paint and painting in windy conditions. The tripod was perfect, it was small enough, light enough and sturdy enough. We use Soltek easels when we can drive to a location, it is bigger and heavier, but sets up quickly. With this tripod and our boxes we could set up almost as fast as the Soltek. The art supply company we bought the palette boxes from sold a lighter weight tripod for twice the price. Artists buy this tripod, you will not be disappointed.

I showed up at a gathering of my wifes family with my camera and this tripod. I heard someone say, "who hired a photographer" while I was setting up. This tripod seems to be an excellent quality for the price. I have used it numerous times with my Canon Eos and Tamron 200 - 500 lens, and it is always sturdy. It comes in a carrying case, with an allen wrench to tighten the leg mounts. The ball head and quick release function perfectly and hold my big lens perfectly. It also has a weight hook which comes in handy. The only thing I've noticed that could be construed as an issue is that the lower sections of each leg are very tight and almost hard to pull out. I will tell you that after many uses, they are starting to slide more freely. I love this tripod, quality and value are excellent. I highly recomend it.