Reddit mentions of Dolica TX570B150SL Ultra Compact Tripod with Professional Ball Head (Black)

I use this bag now after using a purse-style bag (also Lowepro) for years. Has a neat built in rain cover so you don't have to worry about random storms. It has a perfect place on the side to hold this tripod. While it's small, it's still a bit bulky and bangs up my legs on rides. If possible, leave your tripod in your room during the day and pick it up before going back to the parks at night or rent a locker. I really got tired of carrying my tripod around all day last year and will be renting a locker on days I don't have a mid-day hotel stop scheduled.

The 70-300 is a MUST for Animal Kingdom. The animals are pretty far away usually. For the other parks, not so much unless you're into capturing the little details you can't easily see with the naked eye.

I suggest looking through Tom Bricker's guide. He's an absolute master at fireworks & night photography.

I use Dolica's ultra compact tripod. It's plenty sturdy for the small size of the a6300, but it's small and light enough to fit in my camera bag. It collapses down to 12".

Ultra small: Gorillapod, Manfrotto PIXI

For something bigger, I like this Dolica tripod, it's essentially a budget version of the Manfrotto BeFree and folds down to a foot.

I'll add another good option to the list, though I can't speak negatively of any of the others because the only tripod I've used in my limited experience is the Dolica Proline Reversible tripod.

I think it's a fairly compact tripod at under 13 inches when folded down, but it extends up to about 55 inches while weighing only 2.5 pounds. Some features I appreciate are:

• it has a fully articulating ball head and a quick release plate
  
  
• one of the legs is detachable and can be connected to the removable center arm to create a mono pole.
  
  
• you can pull out and reverse the center arm so that it hangs down between the three legs if you want to get a shot close to the ground using solid support of the tripod
  
  
• it's reasonably well constructed with solid legs and quality rubber footings. Doesn't feel cheap despite being just $65.

right now i have https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B009YE462G/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

it can hold the cam and lens but it seems the head would move to a certain direction when doing long exposures which was causing all my pics to come out bad. you think i should buy a new head or just get an upgrade on the whole tripod since this was my first tripod back when i purchased it in 2017

I currently have this Dolica tripod. Seems pretty similar except it's aluminum instead of carbon fiber. I am quite pleased with it for the price point. I don't often extend the legs all the way, I like to do landscapes with my camera close to the ground so the legs haven't been an issue. Even fully extended it seems plenty stable, but I've mainly only done that with indoors shooting.

I've had two minor problems with it. When manufactured, one of the brackets that attaches the leg to the center was bent upward just a touch. So if I extend all the legs the same length it isn't quite level because one leg is coming out at a slightly different angle. The ball head makes it easy enough to fix that. Of course the one you linked to has a bubble level right on the center column. The one I have only has a bubble level on the head underneath the camera plate. The other problem I had was the camera plate wouldn't hold tight. If I put my camera (Nikon D3100, smaller DSLR) vertical, it would slowly creep downward by actually twisting on the camera plate. I fixed it using one of those grippy dashboard pads that hold your phone or mp3 player from sliding around. Just cut it small enough to fit on the plate.

Its been quite stable for what I use or even need it for. Plus it actually seems pretty durable. I know many people will tell you to save and get something higher quality, but for those currently on a budget I actually really like my Dolica tripod and have no desire to replace it any time soon.

neat, but I'd question its stability.
more intersted in something like this minus the weight

I would be comfortable in the 60 - 90 range, and I'd definitely listen if there was something compelling just outside that.

edit: something like this seems like it'd be perfect
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B009YE462G/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_nS_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=1JTJRUTRUFS2B&coliid=I3YN05SEALHME

I have the mono-pod version of this one: Dolica TX570B150SL
and I've had really good luck with it. The monopod version doesn't have an ARCA mount but I believe this one does.

It's not the tallest but it folds up incredibly compact and is a great travel tripod. I carry it with my camera everyday and it has held up very well. It gets a little unstable if you use the center extension otherwise I've had no worries of it falling over.

Joby gorillapods are cool and all but I have found myself only using my compact tripod. I don't really hang my camera off a pole or anything which is one of the main reasons to get the joby. I got my compact tripod off amazon here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B009YE462G/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_IlDmxbT2XV9KX
it folds down to about 12 inches which is pretty incredible.

As far as filters go I always get a UV filter on all of my lenses except my 45 1.8 idk it has massive ghosting issues (correct me if I used the wrong terminology) to protect the glass even if it takes "slight" image quality away which I've never noticed.