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Kent Beeson · February 19th, 2013, 12:57 AM

Anybody know if sachtler fsb 6t with carbon fiber tripod will be good enough for fs700 and canon 70-200mm lens with ikan 7d monitor on top, plus rode ntg-1 mic mounted - or is all this too heavy?

Trying to buy these things but first asking a few questions

Steve Game · February 19th, 2013, 02:57 AM

It depends on what you mean by "too heavy", but surely each part of the payload has a published weight and the tripod certainly would have a specified limit.
Its all simple arithmetic from there.

Dave Sperling · February 19th, 2013, 08:53 AM

Hi Kent,
I do a lot of shooting for a company that has two FS700 rigs. Theirs are slightly heavier (instead of the monitor, imagine a pix240 and an evf on each.) They have two sachtler tripods - a 6 and an 8.
We normally configure the camera with the 70-200 2.8 (they happen to use Alpha lenses, but weight is about the same) on the fsb8, and the camera with the 24-70 2.8 goes on the fsb6.
These configurations work fine for us -- but if you're doing a lot of shooting on the long end of the 70-200 (or want to use even longer lenses) an even heavier tripod might be an asset. If you're doing mainly interviews it should be fine.

Kent Beeson · February 20th, 2013, 03:25 PM

Very helpful Dave, thanks so much for the info...look like I may need to get the FSB-8T.

February 19th, 2013, 12:57 AM	#1
Kent Beeson Major Player Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: West Texas Posts: 266	Too heavy? Anybody know if sachtler fsb 6t with carbon fiber tripod will be good enough for fs700 and canon 70-200mm lens with ikan 7d monitor on top, plus rode ntg-1 mic mounted - or is all this too heavy? Trying to buy these things but first asking a few questions

February 19th, 2013, 02:57 AM	#2
Steve Game Major Player Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: London, UK Posts: 353	Re: Too heavy? It depends on what you mean by "too heavy", but surely each part of the payload has a published weight and the tripod certainly would have a specified limit. Its all simple arithmetic from there.

February 19th, 2013, 08:53 AM	#3
Dave Sperling Major Player Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Tinton Falls, NJ Posts: 780	Re: Too heavy? Hi Kent, I do a lot of shooting for a company that has two FS700 rigs. Theirs are slightly heavier (instead of the monitor, imagine a pix240 and an evf on each.) They have two sachtler tripods - a 6 and an 8. We normally configure the camera with the 70-200 2.8 (they happen to use Alpha lenses, but weight is about the same) on the fsb8, and the camera with the 24-70 2.8 goes on the fsb6. These configurations work fine for us -- but if you're doing a lot of shooting on the long end of the 70-200 (or want to use even longer lenses) an even heavier tripod might be an asset. If you're doing mainly interviews it should be fine.

February 20th, 2013, 03:25 PM	#4
Kent Beeson Major Player Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: West Texas Posts: 266	Re: Too heavy? Very helpful Dave, thanks so much for the info...look like I may need to get the FSB-8T.