Hey everybody

So how do they get away with changing several hundreds of dollars for tripods and monopods etc? Surely it's just metal and plastic... I don't get it...

Meanwhile, I want to do some slow shutter speed stuff and my hands are waaay too jittery. Can anyone recommend a nice, well-priced tripod/monopod for me? I am using a Canon EOS 550d (with biggest lens is about 2kg) and I am about 2m tall