Zeiss Pro Series Tripods just Landed

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It’s all tied, it’s who pats them on the back for being that guy here. Trust me, I spoke to them at Shot, nothing changed.

Why I don’t post as much, I’m the dinner bell, I’ll just start doing articles with the comments off

Notice, when they can’t make a mess of it they stay out, as soon it has a company hook they jump so they can say, you don’t want to do business there, see.

Then, both side the equation, meanwhile they will never say a word to them or especially in public about the series doing the exact same thing

I’ll delete this post again and lock it.

 

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What’s the US tripod that works for shooting that is priced under $1200 ?

What’s the brand, price point ?

 

[carbonbased]

Zeiss is starting to play a dangerous game with their brand.

Tripods branded Zeiss (but that are really Chinese-made) aren’t a huge huge deal, but slapping their storied made-in-Germany brand onto even quite good asian scopes is just asking to disappear their company under the waves of low(er) cost manufacturing.

Example: when Leica makes their non-core products in Portugal, it makes me wince. Like, why am I paying German prices then? But, my internal monologue goes, at least it’s made in Europe.

If you’re going to make stuff in Asia, then you better lower your prices way down or bring something extra extra special if you’re going to insist on near-German pricing.

Maybe the S3 line does this, never looked through one. But they are sorta dancing on a razor…

 

[DeathBeforeDismount]

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You can pick whatever ballhead you want. Or just shoot off a bag which is better than locking in anyway.

 

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Schott Glass has been in Asia for a long time…

That is a 20mm series not nearly as stable as a 30mm, 40mm most use

A 2 series your option ? Not exactly apples to oranges

 

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Where is the Two Vet hate ? How come nobody tried steamrolling Dan ?

 

[DeathBeforeDismount]

Its an inverted design and more rigid and stable than any of their 3 or 4 leg options. Ive shot off every RRS tripod out there and the 22i is the most stable.

Its not a 20mm. The Outer leg is about 37mm and the inner is 33mm. I don't even begin to try to understand their naming convention so it makes sense why it would be confusing.

 

[DeathBeforeDismount]

Where is the Two Vet hate ? How come nobody tried steamrolling Dan ?

Personally I have blasted 2 vets for importing Chinese stuff and doubling the price probably more than anyone on this site.

But I would rather buy from them as an American Company keeping profits in the US than going European company using Asian manufacturing.

The convoluted marketing obscuring the origin of their product is slimey. Don't vet bro bullshit me then sell me rebranded leyfoto shit for 200% markup.

 

[OREGUN]

It’s all tied, it’s who pats them on the back for being that guy here. Trust me, I spoke to them at Shot, nothing changed.

Why I don’t post as much, I’m the dinner bell, I’ll just start doing articles with the comments off

Notice, when they can’t make a mess of it they stay out, as soon it has a company hook they jump so they can say, you don’t want to do business there, see.

Then, both side the equation, meanwhile they will never say a word to them or especially in public about the series doing the exact same thing

I’ll delete this post again and lock it.

This is why we can’t have nice things. Go back 10 years and a lot of big names posted here. Then the trolls set to trolling and a lot of credible posters disappeared…to include the hmfic himself. It’s sucks.

 

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Schott Glass has been in Asia for a long time…

My point isn’t so much about reality, it’s about what is in the consumer’s mind.

China could probably make a Porsche 911 as well as Germany can, and Porsche could sell them just fine at their current price if buyer’s didn’t know that.

But people, in part, buy a 911 because of the brand, because it’s made in Germany.

Once everyone knows what’s up, the cat’s out of the bag and people will look at Scope C(hina) and Scope Z(eiss) and not pay more for the Z.

It takes a loooonnng time to built a (edit: high-end) brand, and one can destroy all that “equity” very quickly because you inevitably are selling a story along with the physical product.

When the product is inexpensive, the story doesn’t matter as much.

 

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Zeiss is starting to play a dangerous game with their brand.

Tripods branded Zeiss (but that are really Chinese-made) aren’t a huge huge deal, but slapping their storied made-in-Germany brand onto even quite good asian scopes is just asking to disappear their company under the waves of low(er) cost manufacturing.

Example: when Leica makes their non-core products in Portugal, it makes me wince. Like, why am I paying German prices then? But, my internal monologue goes, at least it’s made in Europe.

If you’re going to make stuff in Asia, then you better lower your prices way down or bring something extra extra special if you’re going to insist on near-German pricing.

Maybe the S3 line does this, never looked through one. But they are sorta dancing on a razor…

The writing was on the wall a few months ago when Zeiss announced they were ending all production of sports optics (binoculars, spotting scopes, rifle scopes) at their Wetzlar, Germany facility in 2026. They're certainly going to leverage the Zeiss name and "German Optics Engineering Excellence" tradition and reputation going forward... But on sports optics products they no longer manufacture in Germany.

They never disclosed the reason for closing the Wetzlar facility, but I'm guessing market share and profit margin played a significant part in the decision.

Kind of sad after 150ish years of history and manufacturing in Wetzlar.

 

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It’s all about me, like I said… Tyler posted Zeiss deals no issues, nobody jumped in to attack an S3, or anything else… just when I do it.

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[MikeMiller]

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You’re a good guy. Al says been a good guy. Always honest. Even when I did not like what you had to say

This website made a lot of folks good money. It sure helped me back in the day. I appreciate it. I wish others remembered what this sight did for them

 

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The entire world model is changing, profit margins are shrinking and it’s not just about cheaper to make it’s about modernizing. Legacy companies didn’t really modernize, I’ve been to Leupold, you think it’s modern in there and doesn’t look like a patch work of old and new.

Been to Hornady, same thing, mix of both.

Nobody here does the illumination, it’s Chinese just small enough to overlook. Like when I went to Vortex, they were getting a complete scope cheap, then replacing internal parts they didn’t want Japan to use.

Seems odd way to do busy if you geniuses had a say. It’s the world today, why Trump is pushing America first, fixing money first attitudes

 

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Nah, you assholes succeeded - good job wrecked it