Manfrotto 190XPRO Aluminium 3 Section Tripod with Horizontal Column

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And the bubble ingeniously moves around the centre column, so it’ll never get in the way of your controls or tripod head. The tripod can be adjusted to various positions, making it ideal for capturing different angles and shots.

If your height is around 6 feet, this is a perfect tripod for you to see a viewfinder without bending.

It’s not Manfrotto’s sturdiest head by any means, but less prone to vibration than most models in general use. With the legs fully extended and set to their normal operating angle, the head plate is positioned 122cm from the ground. In 1992, the Vitec group bought the French high-end tripod company, Gitzo, followed by the American photographic distribution company Bogen a year later. Since the mid-70s, Manfrotto has been recognized as at, or near, the top of the industry for its tripods and other products as well as innovation, quality, performance and service. Spotting a gap in the market, Manfrotto produced a lighting stand, but only made a few units for friends.

The bottom line is there may be a number of compelling reasons to choose the 055 range over the 190, but few should honestly reject the latter for inadequate load handling alone. As our tests proved, there’s a significant difference in vibration dissipation with the centre columns down, and in this configuration, the height of the 055 range roughly matches the 190 with their columns extended. The maximum load handling of any of the 190 models is 5Kg, compared to 7Kg on the aluminium 055XPROB and 8Kg on the carbon fiber 055CXPRO3 (and 4). The column can then be lifted slightly further, allowing it to fall down 90 degrees into a horizontal position. The big surprise for many people though is to discover the carbon fiber versions are also actually more rigid, and this becomes apparent when comparing the 190XPROB and 190CXPRO3 side-by-side.

So the 190XPROB tripod reviewed here can be decoded as having the following specifications: it’s part of the smaller 190 range, with aluminium construction, the quick centre column adjustment, and three legs. The aluminum Manfrotto 190XPROB has a center column that, with a push of a button, releases from the vertical plane and pivots in the unique leg/head assembly to a horizontal position. Prodotto affidabile, avevo la versione entry level e volevo qualcosa di più prestante, dopo molto leggere in rete ho scelto il 190xprob per la possibilità di inclinare la colonna centrale e di scegliere quanto allargare i piedi per poter fare macrofotografia, leggero grazie al materiale: alluminio e molto robusto, sopporta molto bene il peso del mio canon 70-200 f/2,8 L, rifinito molto bene; la testa è la classica a tre movimenti, inclinazione, basculaggio e rotazione, precisa nel movimento e nel bloccaggio, cosa aggiungere: MADE IN ITALY.