Thanks for the but not sure what you meant 850 people being into name recognition? I worked my way up to it as my skills and usage increased. I moved from a 7200 to a 810 to the 850 and upgraded my lenses along the way. If I was just into name recognition I wouldn’t have asked question.

Maybe I just read more into your comment than was intended, if so then I retract the above.

Thanks

It's time to move on from Manfrotto be free tripod, too shaky and the head has become a pain. I've decided on a RRS BH-40, please no advise on that as I've done my research and handled my friend's.

My problem is with the legs. I've kind of narrowed it down to either a Gitzo traveler for $600; a benro series 3 Mach 3 for $330 or a Indira Series 2 Stealth for $400. RRS legs are out of my price range. I shoot mainly landscape and travel along with grandchildren sports. I understand none of these combinations will fit in carry-on and I am willing to put it in my checked luggage. I shoot with a nikon 850 and my heaviest lens is a 70-200 f2.8. I'm going to B&H Monday to see in person, but wanted to see if anyone in this group has first hand experience with any of these legs and/or if you think the Gitzo is worth the extra money or is it just brand recognition?

Thanks to everyone!!!

mostly landscape, not a birder or wildlife. Cities at night light up, sunrises and sunsets

Thanks to all of you

thanks to everyone who replied so far

Going to Phoenix area beginning of December to visit a relative but will have a few days to site see/photography. Saguaro is only about 2 hours away but in doing some research I didn't realize how huge it is! Looking for some recommendations that are a easy relatively short hikes (couple of miles) or something else of interest in Phoenix area. Have already done Grand Canyon and Sedona in previous trips.

Thabjs

So this method I'd do the focus stack manually in camera but set the bracketing for each focus point and then blend in photoshop

Excellent, sometimes we overlook the obvious - thanks a lot!

I am up to date with both but don't see an option to do both. Would I just take the layers and do the usual for focus stacking and then just run the bracketing steps, skipping align?

I shoot mainly landscape with a Nikon 850 and know how to focus stack and exposure bracket but was wondering if there's a way to do them with the same series of photos or even combine 2 separate series in PS or Lightroom? I understand I can do the focus stack series and then take another shot exposing for the sky and then blend them in PS after I'm done with the stacking, but this can be very tedious especially with trees or other things breaking the horizon.

I have googled and found tons of stuff and the subjects separately but nothing about combining them.

I though maybe someone had figured out a work around.

No problem

That was the total but I didn't have them repair the lens since it was a nikon 50 1.8 and I could almost buy a used one for what they were going to charge. BTW - the lens seems to work fine. It did take almost 6 weeks from the time the store sent it to them till the time I got it back.