Gadget Bag: Carbon-Fiber Tripods

They’re lightweight, rock-solid tools that are guaranteed to make an immediate improvement in your images

Jon Sienkiewicz

Published April 13, 2010

Admit it: You know you should use a tripod more often, but you can find more excuses than a ninth-grader who forgot his homework assignment.

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