{"id":14921,"date":"2011-09-09T08:31:11","date_gmt":"2011-09-09T08:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philipbloom.net\/?p=14921"},"modified":"2017-01-20T20:06:19","modified_gmt":"2017-01-20T20:06:19","slug":"ace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philipbloom.net\/blog\/ace\/","title":{"rendered":"IBC 2011: Review of the new Sachtler ACE tripod for DSLRs"},"content":{"rendered":"

BLOG DISCLAIMER: I do not work for Sachtler or Vitec. I have not been paid to do this review in any way.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

I was lucky enough to blag a demo version of this new tripod from Sachtler for review a week or so back. It was unveiled on day one of IBC (today) in a press conference.<\/p>\n

So why the big deal and is it any good?<\/p>\n

My favourite tripod for DSLRs has always been my trusty Miller DS20 with solo legs, but it’s a $1500 investment. Not a huge amount at all for a decent video tripod but out of the price range of many, especially DSLR shooters. There are loads of low market tripods but I haven’t liked any of them. I have a couple of Manfrotto ones but the heads are really not great for me. The flat head ones are useful to put on sliders, but a non ball-mount tripod is a massive pain to level. Ball mount is the way to go…<\/p>\n

Sachtler have been around since the late 1950’s and became part of the UK company VITEC in 1995 but still very much operate independently with regards to their products. My first tripod 20 odd years ago was the good old Video 18, which is still around today because it’s so damn good. It’s not cheap though. \u00a35000 ish for head and legs. It’s also total overkill for a DSLR, even though that is the tripod I used when I was shooting RED TAILS \u00a0as you can see below…<\/p>\n

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