As I am prone to do, I recently purchased a new tripod. This one is meant to support my large telephoto lens setup. Until now, I have been using one of my travel tripods for this purpose, but they are just not beefy enough for the task. I will not disclose the number of tripods I currently own for fear of self-incrimination, but I will observe my established practice of selling a tripod every time I acquire a new one. Pictured above is the one that I will sell. Even though it is widely regarded as the ultimate light-weight, reasonably priced, travel tripod available today, I have another that is a few ounces lighter with better ergonomics, albeit costing four times as much.

Pictured below is the gimbal fluid head that I use with my big telephoto lenses. It renders them totally weightless and a joy to maneuver. However, based on my infrequency-of-use rule, it is going up for sale as well.