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Mike I travel with both the Gitzo traveler tripod and the monopod that Guy refers to in his post. The GT1540T and the GM2560T. I use a small Leica ballhead(black ) with the smallest RRS clamp . Since I have an extra baseplate grip...I mounted a small RRS plate on the baseplate. All this plus the cable release fits into a Gitzo padded carry bag. I leave it packed and just throw it in my checked duffle bag. it stays protected and is always available. With that said ..I have only used it once on my last three trips. An alternative might be the small Leica table tripod ...which can be carried and braced against a wall,fence etc . I found my Gitzo s used but it took awhile.in both cases someone bought them for a overseas trip and then sold them when they returned.Just fishing before I buy a new one.....Prefer a Gitzo. -60 61 inch height, 3 section, compact folded.
Chiming in!It was a bit too light for Jack's MF setup but he did fire off a couple of shots that he was going to look at. He is quite tall and didn't find the height to be a big turn-off. Maybe he can chime in here.
The 1550 is taller than the 1540. Also, I have the 2541L and in a big but barely allowable carry on with wheels it will only fit diagonally with head removed. It is much less convenient to travel with.The problem I have with the GT1540T is that its max height is 52.8". I hate bending over.
Mark, what is the height of the 1550T?Mike, I also have the Gitzo traveler 1550T with head and have been very happy with it. I also have a Really Right Stuff BH55 for my heavy duty rig and called RRS to get the smaller BH25 to put on the Gitzo 1550T. The nice guy at RRS informed me there wasn't much difference in features between the head that comes with the 1550T and the BH25 so I purchased the lever quick release plate (with bushings) to put on the 1550T head. It works great and I can remove it and use it on my monopod when I want. Like Jack, I put a RRS plate on my spare M8 bottom plate (the Leica grip obsoletes the original bottom plate). The combination works great for the M8. The only downside is the ball head does not have an independent panning axis (the BH25 doesn't have it either) so it is tough to do panos. I have considered getting the RRS panning clamp (PCL-1) to use instead of the the quick release lever clamp to get around this limitation.