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Gitzo Carbon 6X tripods

Ralf Jurrien
PMA 2008 Report
Thursday 8th, March 2007
Posted by: Ralf Jurrien

Gitzo, revered throughout the world for its precision, quality and innovation in bringing new products to market for both the professional photo and video industries, is proud to announce that it has redesigned and improved upon it’s breakthrough 6X tripod technology. At PMA 2007 in Las Vegas, Gitzo will be demonstrating some of the new features of the enhanced 6X line, which include a new state of-the-art leg locking system. Since developing the first carbon fiber tripod in 1994, Gitzo has been the world’s leading authority on composite materials for camera support systems. Exclusively manufactured in Europe, Gitzo’s carbon fiber tripods are the most technologically advanced camera supports available.

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Gitzo Carbon 6X tripods

Gitzo aluminum Series 2 tripods

Posted by: Ralf Jurrien Thursday 8th, March 2007

At PMA, Gitzo, a world leading manufacturer of high-end, precision supports for the photo and video markets, will be showing off its line of aluminum Series 2 tripods. Sure to turn heads with new and improved features, a sleek matte black finish and new materials that significantly reduce the overall weight when compared to regular aluminum, Gitzo’s innovative Series 2 tripods set a standard for performance and give aluminum based supports another leg up! The two tripods revamp the traditional and highly successful Gitzo aluminum range with a revolutionary design. While the competition uses 0.8mm or 1.00mm tubes to reduce weight, they’re unfortunately at the same time compromising overall stability.

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The digital SLR camera market is booming. Compared to last year the DSLR camera sales increased with impressive numbers and it seems the digital SLR camera has become a mass consumer product. New entry level D-SLR cameras with 6 Megapixels surprisingly were welcomed very well by the amateur photographer and it seems that within this segment of the digital camera market the resolution range of 6 - 10 Megapixel fulfils the need of the amateur photographer. Without lenses the digital SLR camera would not be complete and it is for that reason we see a huge number of digital SLR lens introductions appear this year. There are multiple camera manufacturers offering their best own brand solution for its DSLR camera, but there are even more specialized lens manufacturers who offer an impressive number of lens solutions too. Keep your eye on the digital SLR lens section of this PMA 2007 report for the latest introductions!