Elmer and Robert - you are both misinterpreting the DXO mark scoring. A score in their metric is how a particular lens and camera compares to a "perfect" lens on that camera. It is not intended to be a comparison between lenses. If you look at some of the lenses that are tested on full frame and crop sensor cameras have different scores - depending on the sensor size and resolution. No, the lens is not sharper/less sharp on a crop body than it is on a full frame - it's only a measurement of perceptual megapixels - or whether or not getting a lens that has greater acuity/contrast is worth purchasing on a given body.

You said you are 6' 2" tall.... 74".

The Manfrotto BeFree GT Carbon is 54" tall without the center column raised... and 63" tall with it fully raised, which will be the tripod's least stable setup.

What I don't know is if these dimensions are the tripod alone or if they include the Manfrotto 496 head that's normally sold with the tripod. I'm guessing the latter because I don't see the leg set selling anywhere without the head. If that's the case, unless you're seated while using it, you'll always be extending the tripod to it's max (and wobbliest) and still will be stooping to use it, which I suspect you'll find pretty uncomfortable fairly quickly.

Travel tripods, in particular, may be rather short for tall people.

You would probably be happier buying a "regular" tripod leg set separately and choosing your own head to use on it. For example, the Feisol Elite CT-3372LV M2 tripod weighs about 5 lb. and is about 60.5" tall without any head installed and without its center column raised (this model is available with or without center column... also available is a leveling platform that takes the place of a center column). Once you add a typical ballhead to that, the height will be around 65", still without using the center column. Of course, when it's mounted the cameras' viewfinder eyeport will be an inch or two higher than that.... and you're getting pretty close to your eye level. Further, this tripod has 3-section legs which make for better stability (and quicker setup) than travel tripods with 4-section or, worse, 5-or-more-section legs.

I no longer have any tripods with lever type leg locks. I've used them in the past and they're prone to wear and need adjustment or repair sometimes. Possibly more concerning, they also can catch on branches etc. while carrying the tripod... or snag on cuffs and sleeves while working with the tripod.

I have a heavy duty "studio" tripod with thumbscrew fasteners on the legs and leg braces. My "field" tripods are carbon fiber Gitzo with twist type leg locks. Both thumbscrew type and twist type locks are pretty much self-adjusting and not prone to wear. The twist type are low-profile, too... less likely to catch on things while carrying or using the tripod. They would be pretty hard to damage during shipment, too.

There are several companies making tripods like the Feisol mentioned above. I'm just using that as an example, partly because they have good info about it's dimensions online. And I think that the height of any tripod should be your first concern.... a lot of them will be too short to be used comfortably... or you'll need to extend them to the point they're so wobbly as to be hardly worth using.

A travel tripod trades off stability for height, weight, and load capacity. I take the befree when I'm going to be hiking all day and it serves me well even for birds in flight, but you have to be a little careful on how much force you use with it. Carbon is more stiff than aluminum but the thin leg weakness is at the joints whether its aluminum or carbon. I do not take the Befree when I'm shooting landscapes or for astrophotography, or in heavier winds or when the car is close to the shoot. For those cases I have a relatively compact SIRUI carbon fiber EN-2204 which folds to 19" (with the head), has much thicker legs, a 31 lb load capacity and, with a ball head, is 5' 7" at the quick release plate, so I don't have to crouch when using it. I have to strap it under or to the back of my backpack, but only weighs 3.3 lbs. For studio work, I've got a heavier duty aluminum Vanguard. You are not going hiking too far with that one. Now the Manfrotto Befree Advanced Carbon Fiber Travel Tripod with 494 Center Ball Head for $319 on Amazon has better specs than the one I own.

Have an aluminum befree MKBFA4-BH I bought it along with a Manfrotto travel backpack, which has room for my 15" MacBook Pro. The backpack has a long side pouch for the tripod and the backpack is big enough for my D500 with an attached lens and for a Tamron 150-600mm f5-6.3 G2 birding lens + all of the pockets, nooks and crannies for all your accessories. The tripod is sturdy enough for my birding set up (I believe it's rated for about 9 lbs), but fairly lightweight and compact at 16". I'm sure the carbon version is even lighter. It is a bit short at 4' 9" (I'm 5' 8"), and I do have to stoop if using it standing up. For birding, much of the time I'm sitting on the ground or on a bench so it's fine in those situations.