Manfrotto Befree Advanced Aluminium Travel Tripod with QPL Lever and Ball Head
The ideal for photographers and observers who want maximum performance and stability at all times - including when they’re travelling or out in the field. The maximum payload weight of 8kg makes it a great option for use with large binoculars and spotting scopes.
Its ergonomic design makes operating the Manfrotto Befree advanced intuitive and fast, enabling you to set up your equipment up quickly and easily.
The Befree advanced features a new spider developed to ensure perfect stability on all types of terrain, including the most uneven, always keeping the camera completely steady and ready to capture sharp images.
This model also provides a new locking mechanism called the QPL Travel lever, a brand-new system developed by Manfrotto that brings the full locking power of the professional QPL lever on professional Manfrotto tripods like the 190 & 055 collections, to a more lightweight version that is ideal for travel. The new on-off mechanism makes set-up and adjustment easy and secure, providing full stability in all its configurations when the tripod is open.
The ergonomic leg-angle selector is designed to be used by both right and left-handed users, enabling everyone to change shooting perspectives intuitively and to find the right tripod height without losing focus on the shot they want.
The Befree advanced tripod can easily be set to three independent leg angle positions, guaranteeing full shooting versatility for all the creative ideas that can emerge outdoors in the bush and beyond.
The spider featured on this innovative model also provides an Easy Link, just like Manfrotto’s professional 190 & 055 tripods, allowing photographers to enhance their creativity by adding accessories that make their shot unique and unforgettable. Photographers who love adding lights or reflectors can now take amazing outdoor shots that were previously only achievable with heavy accessorised tripods.
The tripod is kitted out with Manfrotto’s Advanced 494 aluminium centre ball head, a small but powerful and intuitive head that allows quick and precise camera movement. The 494 centre ball head features three independent controls: a main knob for managing the sphere lock, an integrated friction control knob that adjusts the ball tension so that equipment weight is always perfectly balanced and shots framed effortlessly; an independent panoramic knob that keeps the horizon flat and moves the camera horizontally, enabling astonishing landscape shots.
The head mounts a unique plate that makes it fully compatible with the world’s most widespread standard head attachments: Manfrotto RC2 and Arca-swiss style. With this aluminium plate fixed to the camera, all Manfrotto heads and almost all tripod heads on the market featuring Arca-style attachments can be set up rapidly and effortlessly, with no need for disassembly components.
The Manfrotto Befree advanced is the best travel tripod for passionate photographers or observers who want maximum performance, even when they’re travelling. This lightweight travel tripod is the optimal combination of portability, solidity, easy set-up and operation.
Features:
- Advanced travel tripod kit
- QPL travel lever secures maximum stability and easy setup
- Centre ball head with three independent ergonomic controls
- Side pull selector ensures quick setup with both hands
- Unique premium design, 100% made in Italy
Specifications:
- Weight – 1.59kg
- Material – Aluminum
- Safety payload – 8kg
- Minimum height – 40cm
- Maximum height – 151cm
- Maximum height (with centre column down) – 128cm
- Closed length – 40cm
- Head type – Ball head
- Legs tube diameter – 12, 15.5, 19, 22.5mm
- Leg section – 4
- Base diameter – 40mm
- Leg angles – 22°, 54°,89°
- Attachment – 1/4" screw
- Ball locking – Yes
- Carrying bag included - Yes
- Center column – Rapid
- Easy link – Yes
- Friction control – Yes
- Independent pan lock – Yes
- Leg type – Single
- Leg lock type – Flip Lock
- Pan drag – None
- Panoramic rotation – 360
- Plate type - 200PL PRO
- Quick release – Yes
- Tilt drag – None
- Upper disc diameter – 40mm