Hi, may I know how to identify G-lock from non G-lock?
Actually what I am looking for is the lightest tripod with a decent height for me cos I do not like to extend centre column as it is troublesome and affects the stability of the tripod. For me I think 8kg will be more than enough cos I don't shoot with damn long fast telelens.
So may I know what would you recommend? Thanks
erm...as far as i know, only the new carbon fibre ones have g locks...? u can tell from the twist knobs though...the non g lock ones are those that do not have the gitzo engraved in the middle of the knobs(i think)...like its just one plain rubber piece...whereas the g-lock ones have....
But yeah...all the carbon fibre ones available in the stores all are G-lock. another way is to try them out...will be pretty obvious then....cause the non g-lock ones work just like the benro version....will need to twist pretty much to lock and unlock...
as for the difference between 1530,1531, 1540,1541...
firstly, 1530 and 1531 are the same stuff, just that 1531 is the newer version, and i think its a bit hard to find 1530 anymore...most of the stuff is the same between the two versions, a CP salesman claims that the G-lock is improved for the 1531 compared to the 1530..how true this is i do not really know ....best way to find out is to go to gitzo website, look for the spare parts manual for both models and compare part to part...most of the time you will realise its all the same........yeah so not much difference (for example, last time when i was comparing two monopods, one newer and one older version, everything was the same, except the newer version had a different hand strap and base...legs and locks were the same part numbers at least...)
as for 1530 vs 1540 or 1531 vs 1541, the diff would be what was mentioned before, no. of sections...that's all. ( and there will be difference in weight and height for this case)
Cheers =)