I've been a photographer for the past 8 years. My main job is a software engineer but on the weekends I occasionally do weddings and portraits professionally. Despite having the nicest lenses and camera money can buy I've never had a nice tripod. I still trust this old plastic tripod I purchased when I owned much lighter gear. I was contacted my K&F and asked if I wanted a sample of their tripod in exchange for my honest review and decided to give it a try. Here's what I think.Pros:+ Wow, this thing screams quality. Another reviewer here said it "oozes" quality. I think they hit the nail on the head. It's all metal, dense (but not too heavy), and everything about it is nicely made, even the carrying case.+ The price. Come on seriously?? I don't think I've ever seen a tripod this nice for the price.+ It comes with a nice ball-head. I know there are tons of ball-heads out there and I'm not going to pretend to be an expert on these but here's what I like about it. The top is adjustable and can tilt. The base of the ball-head also swivels around 360 degrees. Everything on the ball-head is metal and it easily holds my Nikon D750 with a Nikon 70-200 2.8 VR 2 lens stable.+ Two of the legs are removable if you want to turn it into a monopod. This was easy to do and works well.+ The legs are adjustable and are tightened/loosened with a twist. Once they are locked in place they don't slide, even with pressure.+ The legs can be spread out or in using these sturdy metal thumb switches. There are 3 or 4 different widths you can adjust the legs to.+ It comes with a very nice carrying case and some tools to remove the legs. The case is really nice, it has a shoulder strap and makes the tripod very compact and easy to carry.+ You can install the ball-head and camera underneath the tripod. I'm not sure exactly why you would do this but maybe if you want to take a pic really low to the ground with the tripod, putting the camera underneath will let you do that.+ There's a hook underneath that let's you hang a weighted bag, backpack, or something heavy for additional stability. This is really helpful in keeping your tripod ultra steady when it's windy.Cons:- Be careful when unscrewing the legs that you don't screw them all the way off and then pull them out completely. If you accidentally remove a section of the leg, it's a bit of a pain to figure out how to put it back in. I had to take another out slowly and see how it fit back in, in-order to get the leg back in place.- It weighs about 5 pounds with the ball-head included. I don't mind the weight personally but it's something to think about if you were planning on carrying this all over the place.In conclusion this is a high quality, all metal, well priced tripod that does exactly what it's supposed to do. If you're looking for a very sturdy tripod and you don't mind the weight, this is going to be hard to beat for the price. This is the second photography item I've reviewed from K&F and I am blown away by the quality of their products for the price point they are selling them. An easy 5 star review if there ever was one.

Easy to assemble and very sturdy for my requirements, great for manual focusing. I have had many tripods but this one beats them all. Nice looking as well. If you need tripod, get one. Professional or amateur get one. Really top class quality for reasonable price.