Swarovski btx tripod and head recommendation

[blaser270mag]

Hello guys,
I just got the Swarovski BTX with 85mm Lens, and I need to upgrade my current tripod and T Head.

What are you using with this kind of glass?

I have the manfrotto 128RC Head that I am not going to carry anymore , because it is very heavy and I need to shave all the weight I can.

Maybe it´d be fine to get a sitting height CF tripod, with a decent tripod head to lower the weight of the set up.

Thanks for your advice.

 

[cjuve]

I run an outdoorsman Panhead with my ATX 95 and it holds it well. It might be worth a call to outdoorsman to see if it would hold the additional weight of the BTX. My tripod is a pro master 525c and it does fine sitting but gets pretty shaky when it is extended.

 

[Joel Russo]

RRS is all I use.

 

[kiwikid]

You may like to look at the Swarovski CT Travel carbon fiber tripod if they are still available where you live. I have one for my ATX scope and have found it very good as it packs down small, is not heavy and yet still gives a good fully extended height. For the head I went for the Gitzo GH2720FQR, it is a compact 2 way safari head made from magnesium which is light but very solid.
kiwikid.

 

[wyosteve]

At the Outdoorsmans booth at the Sheep Show, they had a BTX mounted on their tall tripod with a pan head. I played with it for a while and it was rock solid even at full extension. I was impressed.

 

[blaser270mag]

Nice

Which pan head and objective lens do you remember ??

They told me the Jim white head works great but sadly its $300 +

 

[wyosteve]

Sorry, I don't remember which pan head or objective. I just remember it was a big sob on the tripod!