Velbon was founded in 1955 and is based in Japan, although it has established factories in other countries including China and Taiwan. It has accumulated a vast experience in the field of tripod manufacturing over more than 50 years.
Velbon tripods are quite reasonably priced. Their tripods have been designed so that they can be carried within a back pack or a small bag or case.
Velbon Sherpa Tripod |
Velbon 3-Way Head Tripod |
Velbon Lightweight Ttripod |
Velbon Tripod EX-Mini |
Velbon Tripod With Lever Locking Legs |
Tripods from the UT ultrek series are great companions for traveling. These tripods are travel-friendly and their legs have six sections which allow them to be really small when folded. Fortunately, these legs can also be easily extended.
Usually most tripod legs stop moving within the range of 20 to 90 degrees but the legs on Velbon tripods completely fold upward on the center columns. Weak joints in tripod legs can make a tripod unsteady. In order to solve this problem, Velbon make the leg joints strong using an innovative design so that each leg section extends the entire inside length of the outer leg casing. All the tripod legs can be locked by a simple quick twist.
To increase the leg strength, Velbon uses carbon fiber with a mixture of basalt which is a form of hard, black volcano rock. This increases the resistance and rigidity of the tripod legs against bending and crushing forces.
Among the different tripods made by Velbon, there are some tripods made specifically for simple and easy use. Those tripods are easy to lock, unlock and set in position. The balls and socket in all of the tripods from Velbon are made meticulously so that users can easily set their camera for any given situations. There is another very interesting fact about these tripods: there is something called leg selectors. Using this very beneficial function you can bend the camera to a crazy 90 degrees.
Velbon makes different kinds of tripods. It categorizes its products into different series which are: UTultrek, Ultra, Geo, Sherpa, Video, CX and EX series.
If you are looking for a tripod with rigidity and smooth adjustment in the leg sections then go for a Velbon. It will not disappoint you.