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As a professional photographer I place some extra demands on the equipment I use.  While I try to take the best care I can with the cameras and accessories i own, the amount of use the gear receives inevitably leads to some wear and tear and, sometimes, to breakages. The one part of my equipment that does get a lot of abuse is my tripod.  My current tripod is the Manfrotto MT190XPRO4 that I bought last summer ( CLICK HERE to see blog).  The Manfrotto has been all over the world with me and while i regularly check it over and service the catches and levers to keep it in top condition, parts do wear out or, in the case, get lost.   In January I was photographing in the deep snow in Glen Coe and two of the rubber feet became detached from the end of the legs and were lost in the snow.  I have only just got around to finding replacements and the process was very quick and painless using Manfrotto's own parts service here in the UK. I went to the Manfrott...

After five years of hard service my Slik Pro400DX tripod was starting to show its age and so on a recent trip to London I decided to invest in a new 'best friend', a Manfrotto MT190XPRO4 tripod and X-Pro 3 Way Head from Park Cameras.  The reason I describe a tripod as a best friend because to a landscape photographer a good tripod is just that; it allows slower shutter speeds to be used when using small apertures and also allows precise adjustments during composition.  It also slows you down, making you think about what you are shooting. This weekend on our trip to the Outer Hebrides I was able to give the Manfrotto a good workout, being brought into use for long exposure images and also when I wanted to have that extra bit of support. The  Manfrotto MT190XPRO4 tripod certainly  did not disappoint. The Manfrotto 190 tripod keeps everything steady during long exposures The Manfrotto MT190XPRO4 is an aluminium tripod with four leg sections, which means i...