Gitzo Traveler Ultralight

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The Gitzo Traveler tripod and ballhead provides the lightest and smallest full size tripod available. It has won design awards for its unique ‘fold up’ design where the legs actually reverse over the center post and ballhead, folding to a 17 inch length weighing only 3.1 pounds for both the tripod and ballhead.

Unfolded it expands to a 60 inch maximum height (51 inches without the center post extended). We find it appropriate for holding an SLR and 70-200 f2.8 size lens, with the center post NOT extended it would be OK for a 300 f2.8.

Roger's Take

Roger Cicala

President of LensRentals.com

I never expected to write much about this tripod — I prefer snap locks to twist locks, and my one seriously severe photography obsession is with Markin’s ballheads. So I knew I’d hate this tiny thing with its twist legs and tiny lever-action ballhead. And don’t get me wrong, I still hate this ballhead and I don’t like twist-lock legs. But this thing is amazing. Its incredibly small and light, a backpacker’s dream. And its so well designed and made that I have to just marvel at it. Set up its quite sturdy and nicely adjustable. With a little weight attached to the center hook, and the center post not-very-extended its capable of holding a 300 f2.8, although just barely. Its excellent, though, as a very portable tripod for a camera and landscape lens, allowing you to take nice, long exposures.

Would I buy one? Not unless I was a hiker who always carried a tripod. But there are times that I sure will use it, when I don’t feel like carrying a full-size tripod but might need a long exposure for a dusk shot, or a waterfall, etc. This is a superb little bit of gear.

Maximum height: 60.5 inches with center post fully extended (including head)
Collapsed height: 16 inches
Weight: 3.1 pounds
Leg Sections: 5
Max Load: 5 pounds

LensRentals.com offers rentals ranging in length from 4 to 90 days. The shopping cart will automatically update the quoted price as you adjust the length of your rental. Our most common rental periods are shown below:

Include Damage Waiver in Price

Rental Period	Waiver Price	Rental Price	Total Price	Approximate Day Rate
4 days	$10.50	$53.25	$63.75	$15.94
7 days	$14.00	$71.00	$85.00	$12.14
10 days	$19.00	$95.75	$114.75	$11.48
14 days	$24.50	$124.25	$148.75	$10.63
21 days	$33.00	$166.75	$199.75	$9.51
30 days	$41.25	$209.50	$250.75	$8.36
45 days	$54.00	$273.25	$327.25	$7.27
60 days	$63.00	$319.50	$382.50	$6.38
90 days	$81.25	$411.75	$493.00	$5.48

Rental Period	Rental Price	Approximate Day Rate
4 days	$53.25	$13.31
7 days	$71.00	$10.14
10 days	$95.75	$9.57
14 days	$124.25	$8.88
21 days	$166.75	$7.94
30 days	$209.50	$6.98
45 days	$273.25	$6.07
60 days	$319.50	$5.33
90 days	$411.75	$4.58

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