Originally Posted by
arthurking83
My belief is that it's always worth taking a chance, keeping in mind the possibility that your mate may have to make a few(or a lot of) compromises to make this thing work as well as he can get it too.
that is; don't expect to mount a 300mm f/5.6 lens with a 2x teleconverter(hence producing a 600mm f/11 lens) and not get some form of vibration induced blur in the images.. etc, etc, ad nauseum ....
Also! don't confuse exposure delay in a camera to produce the exact same effect as a proper mirror lockup feature either.
Bot of which can be handy features for these small lightweight 'iff' tripods when the situation calls for it.