I decided that my $20 cheap-o tripod holding up a camera with a $1,600 lens was silly enough. I have an older aluminum-leg version of that tripod. I love that "pro" series crossbeam center column. I ...

As a travel journalist, I used to spend months at a time taking more than a thousand photos daily, writing thousand-word reviews and traveling across hundreds of acres with over 50 pounds of gear on ...