I bought this tripod stand recently from Amazon, and I must say, I am quite impressed by the product - light-weight, yet sturdy, and able to handle my bulky Canon EOS 300D (DSLR) can't come naturally to tripods, but this one does the job just fine. I recently made a trip to the Niagara falls, and I happened to be there at 0300 (local time), and used this gadget to take snaps of the river in the natural light mode, and they have come out simply awesome!