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Manfrotto Kit Befree 3-Way Live Advanced Tripod - DEMO & REVIEW
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Sep 20, 2024
A tough and reliable tripod doesn't need to weight a ton and be unwieldy. Industry leader Manfrotto introduces the incredibly compact, but powerful and smooth Manfrotto Kit Befree 3-Way Live Advanced Tripod with an impressive payload max of 13 pounds (6 kg). Plenty for a prosumer video camera or DSLR with a hefty lens. Tech expert, photographer, and videographer Dave Taylor runs the new Befree tripod through its paces, including a short demo of its fluid head in downtown Niwot, Colorado. Check it out at: https://www.manfrotto.com/us-en/kit-befree-3-way-live-advanced-mkbfrla4bk-3wus/ Visit Dave's Q&A Web site at: https://www.AskDaveTaylor.com/ #manfrotto #tripod #videograph #photography #askdavetaylor
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An ultra-compact and highly portable Manfredo tripod
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Let's check it out. Dave Taylor here, and between video and photography, I'm endlessly out and about
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and I almost always shoot using a tripod. Enter this. This, well, let me open it up and show you
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This is actually pretty cool. This is the... Get it out of here
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This is the Manfredo Kit, Be Free, three-way live advanced tripod. And they have put a ton of engineering into how to make this really small and still really useful
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So the legs fold all the way out. There's one and then two
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Let's get him to... that stop and it has all sorts of refinements that make it a breeze to work with
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And you can see here that these have multiple positions. So you can actually adjust it all these different ways
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I'm going to put the bag on the ground. And so now you can see here's the basic tripod
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In the top, that head is not only a fluid head, but it has a fluid drag system too
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So let me unscrew the center part, which lets me lower the middle
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And so we can get that bar down a little bit. And now what you're also seeing, hopefully, is just how adjustable this is
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So I can lift this up and now just tighten it. And then this not only comes out, but it actually has a little lever
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So there we go. I can get this to come out. And now we ready to go So this is ready for me to work with my camera or my video camera It a three fluid head with a 13 or six kilogram payload
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And the fluid drag system works with both panorama and tilt. I'm going to give you a demo in just a second
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And there are spirit levels. There's three bubble levels here in various spots that make it really easy for you to get it set up
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and then as you need to get it to be perfectly level in all the different axes
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The top, they have the quick release. So this is the compatible with both the ARCA Swiss and the Manfredo 501PL video plates
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And then the legs are four sections. So super easy to work with
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And that gives me that height that I want. And if that's like, well, that's a little off camera for my video work right now
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So I will just do three of the four and do that one more time
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And so now I have this all easy to work with and I can adjust this 50 different ways
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Honestly, this is a super adjustable. It's almost too adjustable. Then I'll spin this and I already have the quick plate on the bottom of my camera
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So I'll just put this on... There we go
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I usually put this on without watching, so it's a little different to actually be at mount level
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And so now I have my camera on here, and I can make all sorts of adjustments
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You can see here that this handle, which I can then turn to tighten, gives me that axes
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and then this one I can use to do this. And there's just a lot of freedom here
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And of course I have that spirit level that I looking at So I can see on the bubble level now the camera is perfectly parallel to the ground and then I can tighten this if I want it to be nice and stable
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and I can tighten everything around, and now I have this ability to, for example, pan with action
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In fact, I took this downtown Nywalk, Colorado, and here's a couple of bits of test footage that I took
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and you can see how smooth the tripod action is. So it's a tripod, so there's only so much so much I can show you about it
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But I'll tell you, it's really easy to work with, and it gives you this just one
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wonderful Monfroto head that has so many dimensions of play that if you can't figure out how to get
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everything adjusted to get just the pan or just the angle you want, then you're just not trying hard enough
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It really is that flexible. In fact, as I said earlier, it's almost a little too flexible
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There were times when I was a little bit sort of overwhelmed by like, well, wait, I want to get this to move just a little this way
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which of the 43 controls can I do here. So it's something where you'll probably need to practice
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a little bit if this is a new sort of tripod to you, but it is pretty cool. Now, in terms of
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dimensions closed, it's 15.7 inches, maximum height is 59.5 inches and it's 4.4 pounds. So even with
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my fairly heavy Nikon on it, it is entirely workable and it's easy to move around and everything
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It is spendy but this is because it a Manfredo so these are just rock solid I pretty convinced I not going to try this but I pretty convinced I could accidentally drive over it and it would be fine I don recommend you try that either but these are just really tough tripods And I have another Manfredo tripod I had for probably a decade
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and it looks like I just bought it yesterday. It has been an absolute workhorse. I really love
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the brand because they really make just great gear, which brings us to the price
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But before we get to the price, I'm going to invite you to subscribe. to my channel a click or a tap on that subscribe button go ahead and hit that
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bell icon for notifications and if you found this to be of use and I
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certainly hope you did then I invite you to give me a thumbs up to cool this
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this is the Manfredo kit be free three-way live advanced tripod comes with
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the case comes with instructions I mean you know a tripod that needs instructions
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but you'll get the most out of it if you spend some time learning
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it when it first comes into your facility. So definitely worth checking out. It is 31999, currently
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discounted on their website down to 224.95. And I'll tell you, when I bought my last Monfroto
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that's how much I paid for the tripod, and then I paid extra for the head. So the fact that they
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have this wonderful, super flexible head included is really quite a bargain. This is a really
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solid professional setup and you will never need to buy something new or not to replace it
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because this is going to run forever. So that's it. Be Free. It is a great tripod, definitely one
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you should check out. That's all I got. I need to get back to my photography so I'll catch you
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in my next video
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