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Manfrotto Befree GT Aluminium Tripod Kit Reviews

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Manfrotto Befree GT Aluminium Tripod Kit
The Manfrotto Befree GT Aluminium travel tripod and ball head kit is the ideal solution for professional photographers who need superior performance in the most lightweight format.
Befree GT is the most professionally advanced solution in Manfrotto’s wide range of travel tripods. It is the perfect combination of portability – only 43cm when folded – and impressive stability, ensuring flawless and effortless operation even with a 10kg equipment load. Its ergonomic design makes operation the Manfrotto Befree GT comfortable, fast and secure, enabling even the most demanding photographers to set their equipment up quickly and easily so their focus stays on catching the perfect shot.
Befree GT features a new solid spider developed to ensure maximum stability on all types of terrain, including the most uneven ones, always keeping the camera completely steady and ready to capture the sharpest images.
M-Lock
It features the M-Lock, the new twist lock developed by Manfrotto to satisfy anyone looking for a fast, easy to use, compact solution. Moreover, the M-Lock has no protruding parts and its mechanism closes perfectly around the head, enabling the Befree GT to slip into and out of its storage pocket easily.
Leg-Angle Selector
The Befree GT’s ergonomic leg-angle selector is designed to be used smoothly by both right and left-handed photographers, enabling everyone to change shooting perspectives intuitively and to find the right tripod setting without losing focus on the shot they want.
The Befree GT can easily be set to three independent leg angle positions, guaranteeing full shooting versatility for all the creative ideas that can emerge outdoors. The spider featured on this innovative model also has an Easy Link. This is just like the Manfrotto professional 190 and 055 tripods. This allows photographers to enhance their creativity by adding accessories that make their image unique and unforgettable. If you like adding lights or reflectors you can now capture amazing outdoor shots that were previously only achievable with heavy accessorised tripods.
496 Aluminium Centre Ball Head
This tripod is kitted out with Manfrotto’s advanced 496 aluminium centre ball head, a portable yet powerful and intuitive head that allows smooth and precise camera movement. This advanced ball head combines practicality with high performance and features three independent controls that give it the versatility to suit any environment. A main ergonomic knob manages the sphere lock, an integrated friction control knob adjusts the ball tension so that equipment weight is always perfectly balanced, and shots framed effortlessly. An independent panoramic know keeps the horizon flat and moves the camera horizontally, enabling astonishing landscape shots. Framing on the 496 is easier and opens limitless options, so you can pursue any angle you can think of.
Head Mount
The head mounts a unique plate that makes it fully compatible with the world’s most widespread standard heads attachments: Manfrotto RC2 and Arca-swiss style. With this plate fixed to the camera, all Manfrotto heads and almost all tripods heads on the market feature Arca-swiss style attachments and can be set up rapidly and effortlessly, with no need for disassembly components.

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Posted 2 years ago
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This is a super tripod, having got through a few that were truly cheap and 'cheerful' not being the operative word! Very versatile, light, solid and the operations are all well engineered. Excellent value. Thoroughly recommend.
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Posted 4 years ago
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I have worked with many tripods over the years and I needed something light and yet sturdy when I saw this one in an email. The ball head has proved to be a real boon when it comes to positioning the camera and when folded the tripod takes up very little room. I have found it to be very easy to use and its very sturdy when shooting, even in woodland. Smooth in action and rock steady in use, I am impressed with the build and quality of this tool.
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Posted 4 years ago
Mr L Christiansen
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Excellent piece of kit. The tripod is very well made, sturdy and holds my Sigma 150/600 telephoto lens with ease. Very easy to use. Would recommend.
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Posted 4 years ago
Being aluminium this tripod is not especially light, but it is short when folded which is good for travel. It is also sturdy. The ball head is easy to adjust, and remains in position with heavy lenses provided they are well balanced by using the lens tripod mount.
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Posted 4 years ago