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Originally Posted by Rickysa
I thought I'd update and found out that nowadays, one much purchase the "legs", a head, a plate for the camera, and a clamp to join the head and plate together!
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Unless things have drastically changed, you should just need a good tripod (the "legs"), and a decent QR head. Some heads may include only one QR plate, or none at all though. So, you may be on the hook for at least one QR plate.
If you have multiple camera bodies, then you would just need to pick up extra QR plates. Else you would be swapping plates out for each camera body, and negating the benefit of the "quick release/mount" feature.
Back in my 35mm days, I went through a couple different Bogen/Manfrotto set-ups, but ultimately ponied up for a Gitzo carbon set-up (carbon legs + QR ball head). Much lighter, which really pays off when packing it around, and rock-solid.
Plus, I much prefer their tension-collar locking system over the traditional levers/clamps, which seem to snag on everything.
Unfortunately, I sold it off years ago along with all of my 35mm gear. However, if I were tripod shopping today, I'd probably still opt for the same set-up, but would shop around for a used one first. YMMV...