Vanguard Alta Pro 2+ 263AB100 vs Nikon FTZ

Sleek Look,, great weight, and a fabulous tripod all the way around. Now The carbon fiber does not come with a head. You choose a head that goes with ...

Nikon engineers clearly did not think this thing through when the slapped this design together; they did the least they had to do.

This was my second Vanguard camera tripod. My first, the very tough Auctus Plus 283AT was my everyday tripod (most architecture) for almost ten years. I still use it but I wanted to have a lighter tripod last year and settled on this one. It seemed a good buy and worked acceptably

8, you're going to get something like a f/1.8 prime in sharpness but with the $$$ and size and weight that comes with it.

Took some 30 sec exposures alongside a busy highway with 18 wheel tractor trailers going by at 65 mph and still got tack sharp images. Their passing was enough to blow my hair around, but didn't budge the camera. It's not exactly what I would call lightweight, but I've gladly carried it for several miles into the swamps of Florida to get the shot I was after. Very impressed with this piece of equipment

I used it for years on my D5200 and the image quality on my Z6 II with this adapter is noticeably better (better color etc) so I don't think it negatively affects image quality. 2. My lens fit on the adapter firmly without any grinding or wobble. I guess some people have had issues with this but I haven't

Don’t buy this tripod if you use a large telephoto or zoom lens ie., Nikon 200-500mm f/5.6. I understand the product isn’t “heavy duty”, the ball will nod hold larger lenses

You don’t lose sharpness going with the f mount and it has a much bigger reach. It’s already a big lens so adding the FTZ doesn’t make it feel much bigger. When they finally do release a z mount version you shouldn’t have much trouble selling the f mount lens. I wouldn’t look at the sigma or the tamron because they won’t hold their value as well if you plan on upgrading to the z mount super zoom