Canon Deluxe 200 Tripod: Customer Reviews & Product Details

This is definitely a great tripod. Light weight and sturdy enough for normal useage. I recently went hiking and brought this tripod with me, and it was light enough. It is a little stiff panning up and down, but it may go away, I haven't had this tripod long. Also, I;m using the carrying bag more than i thought I would, so that's a plus. ou should get this tripod, it's worth it for the money.

As soon as I opened my package, I knew this was the best $40 bucks I have spent in a while. It is a hearty unit with strong legs that snap into place with clips and not tiny pins. It has a liquid level built in which I got all excited about. And it has a quick release head so if you need to take your camera off the tripod quickly. This is so much better than my old-school tripod where I have to spin and unthread the camera off the tripod if necessary. I also like that it has a cross base bars. This was important to me. It just makes me feel better about my tripod. I am a photo enthusiast and I absolutely love this Canon 200 tripod. /|\

This is a great tripod, for the price it's hard to beat. I'm 6'5" and this tripod works great, it's constructed very well for the price. I'm a intermeadiate photographer and I like the ease of the quick release and setup. It's light, yet sturdy and all for $40.

Tripod shipped from Amazon on Jan 5 2010 on Mar 15, 2010 plastic head on tripod broke in two dumbing the camera to the floor. Cannon web site lists a 1 year warranty for "hardware" called Canon and was told there is no warranty for tripod. Sent email including link to page that listed 1 year and was told no warranty for tripod. Net result Tripos lasted approximately 2 months, failure mode caused camera to fall to floor and Canon response is sorry for inconvience but to warranty (Just trying to get service for tripod).

My last Canon product

I'll keep this short & sweet;

I really like the look, feel, and weight of this tripod. The thing is feather weight! The tri-pod breaks down (pun intended) into a small compact size.

After about six uses, I happened to notice that my camera/lens was starting to sag. Well I took off my 40D + 200mm L series lens & noticed that the plastic was beginning to shear apart under the weight. I had mistakenly thought that a camera tripod could hold a camera + lens. My bad~ ;)

Well I've had the camera since Nov 2009, and now it is Feb 18th 2010. I contacted Canon USA to give them the story that I have tons of their products, love em, and hoped that they would replace the tri-pod. FAT CHANCE!! They basically laughed at me. Makes me feel crappy because I have over 5,000.00$ in Canon equipment. Shows how they treat their loyal fans. Next I contacted Amazon only to find out that my last chance to return the item was January 31st. :) Sweet!!!!

Well as other have said, this item is prone to breaking due to the amount of plastic. If you feel like betting your money that you will receive a tri-pod that defies the laws of 'plastic breakage' in this model, step forth and flail your bills. Just don't expect to be able to return the product & get your money back ;)

Good luck,

Pat