Customer Reviews

AMBICO V-0560 Fashion Pod Tripod

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A tripod is a must when using slow shutter speed with your camera. I recently bought a Canon Powershot S40 digital camera which takes a lot of great pictures. However, when shooting in darker conditions the shutter speed is slow making it virtually impossible to take sharp pictures. Since I don't want to bring a "big" (normally tripods are either big or very expensive) tripod with me I find this as a portable alternative. It works great with my camera and it is easy to bring. However, the tripod is not very high but so far I have managed to take the pictures I wanted to take. I recommend this tripod as a good affordable tripod for the "normal" user. It is not a professional tripod, but it works good enough.

I love this tripod. I own 2 other much larger tripods but this is the one I take everywhere. Setting up this tripod is very quick - just pull each leg and twist to lock. Taking it down is even faster - twist each leg to unlock and then pound the tripod against the ground to collapse all 3 legs at the same time.

However, make sure you can live with the following limitations before getting this tripod:
1. The extended height is either 10.5" or 40". Any other height in between is very difficult to setup and not as secure.
2. The maximum height of 40" is quite low. There will be times that you wished you brought along a regular tripod.
3. It has only a 2-way head. It can only pan and tilt forward/backward. It cannot rotate clockwise/counterclockwise.
4. The build quality and tolerance are not top notch. When you pan, the head rotates slightly clockwise then counterclockwise. Camcorder and digital photographer using panning or stitch panoramic mode will find this objectionable. For my particular tripod, I have to remember to setup the tripod leg with the Ambico logo to my right in order for my pictures to line up with the true horizon.
5. It looks flimsy (but to be expected for this type of tripod). The plastic head probably will not survive a direct drop to the concrete pavement.

I received this tripod as a birthday present. I set it up and used it to take one family photo. My daughter then walked by, slightly bumping one leg of the tripod. I was quite surprised to look at the tripod and find the leg badly bent. Tried to straighten the leg and it snapped right off. "Sturdy steel leg construction" the package says. HA! Straight into the garbage it went after being out of it's package less than 10 minutes. I'll get a different brand next time.

Month or so after buying it, one of the legs "slips" like loose ball lock or something. I can use it at half height with no problems.
Not for heavy cameras.

Just a bit confuse by this company product's description. Does NEW mean the package opened and have scratch on it? Although it is works, I totally lost my joy. Anyway, it maybe an "exceptional" case, but I won't buy from this company again.