GrahamWelland
Subscriber & Workshop Member
I have it. I posted what I thought about it after a few weeks back here: https://www.getdpi.com/forum/medium...81-great-tripod-head-thread-3.html#post729023I have an e-mail from Alpa in my inbox offering a special on their tripod and cube system. It looks a lot like the Area cube in form and function. Their tripod is very modular, and looks great. It is a good deal for everything in the package, relative to Alpa prices.
Has anyone seen or used the Alpa tripod?
It's essentially a Novoflex system. The interchangeable legs & tilt base work well but the dual goniometer heads make it top heavy when both fitted. TBH I don't use it much these days because there's no friction on the leveling base and so it makes it annoying to use in the field sometimes (I'll loosen the level to slightly adjust and the entire heavy top wants to tip). It works better when you only use one of the goniometers.
Would I buy it again? Probably not. It's a beautifully made and elegant design but suffers somewhat from form over function. As said though, the legs / base can be combined with a different, less dense, head for a better combination IMHO.