2 and 5 are spectacular :O

I live like 15 minutes away from Windsor

Thanks for the advice! I've been thinking about gorillapods, it's just that I've never used them before so it just seems like an alien concept to literally attach a tripod to say, a fence etc. But I will check it out! Perhaps to compliment an actual tripod when use of which is not possible.

I know this is slightly over my budget but what do you guys think: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Induro-Adventure-AKB1-Aluminium-Stativ/dp/B002SXMROY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1325949448&sr=8-1

Hello!

Here I am again with some nooby questions; this time, I want to ask what are the best travel tripods you guys would recommend? Having done some extensive googling and such, I have looked at the Velbon Sherpa 600R, Manfrotto Compact and the Redsnapper tripods.. I have to say the Manfrotto seems the most appealing because its simply so small and light, but I am worried that this will equate to flimsiness? And given the UK's penchant for random storms and high winds (see news) this would be quite problematic..

My main criteria is that the tripod is light, preferably small too (though this is less of a concern), relatively affordable (below £100) and another gripe is that all of the tripods I've been looking at only extend to around 1.5m.. when im 1.82m =/..

Any advice greatly appreciated,

Alex.

still available?

Hey, thanks for the links; I have seen them before, but doing a quick google suggests that these sites aren't particularly trustworthy..
People note things like inaccurate stock levels and poor customer service/delivery

PM sent

Happy New Year to all, hope you all had a smashing night last night

May I ask how much you are willing to sell the 55-300mm for?

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh, noise noise... I thought you mean't image noise. Although that would be nice, £80 for a little more noise is a bit tempting.. as long as the IQ is the same, I think I might as well go for the DA L