You want two cheap things and two expensive things.
The cheap things first
1. Bogen 3001 tripod. If you want a truly
life altering experience, after using the Bogen for a while, buy a
Gitzo 1228 carbon tripod. It's worth every penny, even though I've
never taken mine anywhere because we had Kai right after I bought it.
2. Kaiser *Professional* small ballhead. You want a ballhead. Pan
heads suck. Don't let the wankers tell you that you need anything
bigger than this. You do not. And, the huge Arca and Kirk heads are
HUGE and heavy and I never use mine.
The expensive things are these:
1. An arca style q/r: http://kirkphoto.com/platforms.html
2. A plate for said q/r for the digital rebel.
The q/r stuff will cost you about the same amount of money as the
tripod and head, but if you do not buy them you are a fool. What will
happen is that it will take so long to take the camera on and off the
tripod that you will never use the tripod.
Pete
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