Manfrotto And Gitzo Team Up With Uni To Create A New International Standard For Tripod Load Capacity
Load capacity on tripods (and monopods, heads, etc) has, until now, been a bit like guide numbers on speedlights. Numbers that seem to state the obvious, but are quite easy to fudge and make equipment appear more capable than it actually is when compared to its competitors. Manfrotto and Gitzo weren’t happy with this, so they’ve developed a new measuring protocol to offer full transparency to customers. The reference practices for testing has been published by the UNI (recognised internationally by CEN and ISO)....