Heavyweight photography credentials yet still light enough to carry with ease

The 055XB doesn’t have the rotating column described in the 190XPROB review. If you want this, you’ll have to pay £15 more for the 055XPROB.

The 190XPROB is a straightforward mid-range tripod from Manfrotto, but with a neat twist.

On the one hand, £25 looks pretty expensive for a very simple table top tripod, but on the other it's quite something to be able to say you've got a Manfrotto, one of the most highly respected tripod brands

On paper, the Manfrotto Digi Mini looks like the perfect solution. It's light, it's compact, yet it extends to a very useful height. It has a built-in pan and tilt head, a carry bag is included in the price and the maximum weight capacity is 3.5kg

Like most pro tripod makers, Manfrotto supplies legs and heads separately. Here we're testing the company's affordable 190 Pro B and 460MG three-way head. The leg mechanism is simple to set up, though the flip catches on the leg are quite hard