Kowa 884 tripod and head suggestions

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I just ordered the 884 and am wanting to get a solid tripod and head for it. Bonus if I can use it to shoot off of as well. What would you recommend?
 

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RRS. Buy once, cry a lot but never have to buy again, haha. I waited until I found a pretty much new one on here with an anvil 30.
 

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I really like my slik 824 and gitzo 1720 fluid head. Got the setup on ebay for a steal a few years back.
I prefer the gitzo fluid head over my outdoorsmans regular pan head with the bulk and weight of my 884.
 
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I’m thinking I’ll go with the va-5 head. It seems to be liked by everyone. Still not sure on what tripod I’ll get. Going back and forth on Slik and Sirui
 
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I saw Cameraland has the ST-125 with BA-5 head for $254 currently. Is that a good tripod for the 884? I want to make sure it’s solid
 

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That would be a perfect setup for what you’ve described IMO. I have the ST-124 with VA-5 and love it. I haven’t tried RRS but that’s probably the only appreciable performance improvement
 

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Manfrotto 055 carbon 3 piece leg and a sirui v55 head.

He have broken parts on all carbon promaster and sirui tripods we have had.
 
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No. Not IMO. A $2500 spotter on a $250 tripod /head combo is a bad choice. And shooting off that will suck.
What’s the budget choice you’d go with? Anything in the $500 range?
 

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The va5 is a legit head for glassing no doubt but the fact that you said you wanted to shoot from it is the reason we’re saying you need to up your tripod/head game.
You will think you’re stable and shooting well from lesser tripods with a pan head but once you shoot off of a top tier tripod/head combo, it’s night and day difference. I would’ve never thought I could get as stable on a tripod as I can on my RRS/anvil combo.
 
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