
Budget Tripods - Rollei vs Smallrig
Hey everyone, I'm planning to buy a tripod for my camera, which is a Nikon Z5. I'm only an amateur/enthusiast photographer, so I don't own heavy 3-4-500mm lenses (right now I have a Viltrox 40/2.5 on the Z5, and a couple of vintage lenses), and I don't intend to make videos either (maybe occasionally). I've been checking out budget tripods, and these two (Rollei and SmallRig) offer pretty much everything what I need - I think. They are similarly priced and have very-very similar features, in fact, they look like clones or exact copies of each other - the only difference is their max load capacity (but that could be a typo on the official site, b/c other similar tripods can hold around 8-10 kgs, so... I don't know). Sadly, I'm not familiar with either of these brands. Well, that's not quite true - I owned and used Rollei film negatives in the past, and I often see camera frames and L-frames with youtubers, but other than that, nothing. So my question is: which is the better option, which one of these two brands are more reliable? Generally speaking, are these reliable (tripod) brands at all? By the way, these are under ~100Euros/USD, and right now I don't want to spend more, so please, don't suggest Manfrottos and such, b/c I checked them out, I know they are amazing and would be good investments on the long run, but sadly, I cannot afford them. Thanks for any help.