回顾:YC洋葱皮涅塔峰三脚架系统

三脚架有很多选择. You'll find everything from budget tripods for under $100 to thousands of dollars for a tripod. 不管你付多少钱, the most important factors to consider when choosing a tripod are stability, practicality, and usability.

在这篇评论中，我将着眼于新的 YC洋葱皮涅塔峰三脚架. I find this tripod particularly useful because of one really important feature: the single levers at the top of the tripod that completely open up all three stages, top, middle, and bottom (Figure 1). So what would be two potential locks that you would have to open and close manually are done right at the top.

Figure 1. 这些杠杆打开并锁定三脚架的所有阶段

I've seen this feature elsewhere on more expensive tripods that I won't name, but this is the first time we're seeing it on a more affordable tripod like the Pineta Peak, which lists for $699. Unlatch all three of the top latches, then latch, latch latch, and you're done. 如果你想把三脚架放低一点, unlatch all three, bring it down, 这个坚固的三足碳纤维三脚架已经准备好了.

Adding Height

You'll also notice in Figure 2 三脚架顶部有三个不同的气泡层. 一个是腿本身的气泡水平. 上面还有一个球头, but you can also fill this with a telescoping central post that it is not going to make use of the bubble level. 所以如果你没有气泡水平, the level on your legs and the level on the fluid head are going to be very important to know whether your camera is level. 这个装置中间有这个空间，我可以打开这个. 我可以得到我的水平，然后把它锁起来，然后它就稳定了.

Figure 2. 三种不同的气泡水平

That leads to one of the neat tricks with this tripod is that you can take out your ball head and then drop in a telescoping mount that locks into place (Figure 3).

Figure 3. 皮内塔的伸缩支架

然后你只需使用控制轴杠杆 Figure 4 现在，突然间，身高增加了.

Figure 4. 用于伸缩安装的控制轴杠杆

The bottom of the shaft has a little hook so you can add some weight for stability. 这里有个刺刀锁, 所以你把它锁在三脚架三条腿的顶端. 然后把球头拿下来, that's all it is, 然后你可以把它的头放在中间的柱子上(Figure 5). 这意味着当你需要的时候, you can position your camera over people's heads without even extending the legs all the way, 没有人会出现在镜头前. Of course it does make it a little bit more difficult to control your camera unless you've got an app or some way to do it remotely.

Figure 5. 头部安装在中心柱子上

Accessories

Some of the tripod accessories that come with the Pineta are grippy rubber feet with multi-angle heads, spike feet, 还有一些额外的硬件. In terms of protecting your gear, you can just pop it the bag as shown in Figure 6用魔术贴把腿固定住，还可以保护头部. 然后你可以把包的拉链拉上.

Figure 6. 将三脚架安全地放在Pineta Peak包中

三脚架头和板

Now, there are a lot of little things to pay attention to on this tripod head as well. 首先在真正的腿上, 你有三孔支架, 哪个有防扭孔, a 3/8" hole (Figure 7)，然后在其他双方是1/4“20孔. You can take the handle out if you want and have three mounting points at the top of your legs. That's unparalleled.

Figure 7. 3/8”孔在三脚架头

今天，有了安装记录仪或发射机，这是非常方便的. 我有一个Bogen三脚架，我用它做其他事情. 它有一个，我一直在用它. 事实上，我在三脚架的顶端留下了一只神奇的手臂. 这个顶部有三个安装点.

三脚架板本身也有一些创新. 我们把它松开一点，然后有一个小按钮, 所以盘子就出来了Figure 8). When you want to put it in, it pops into place and then you can tighten it. 这真的可以让你平衡盘子. It's not going to fall out forward, it's not going to fall out backwards. It allows you to balance your camera within the throw of the plate and then to open it, 你一按按钮，它就出来了. Super easy.

Figure 8. 弹出QR板

挡板有两个不同的安装点(Figure 9). If you want to use those, you put it right in here, lock it into place, and tighten it down. YC Onion provides a little hex key for locking these tight and then it fits into its own little magnetic held slot.

Figure 9. 安装点在QR板的背面

唯一的缺点是它们同时给你3/8"和1/4". If you want to mount something 3/8", you can put the 1/4 "20 right here. If you want to use the 1/4" 20, there's no place to put the 3/8" thread. You would think over here there'd be a 3/8" mount, but there isn't just the 1/4" 20 hole right here. That's all there is, so put it in the bag and hope it stays there and it's there when you need it.

Another thing to consider on a head that is as lightweight and basic as this is that there's not really any adjustment for the amount of friction. 你可以松开这个，里面有一些液体. You can loosen the tilt and it's got a little bit of fluid as well as a bit of counterbalancing, 这可能是一个不错的单反装备, 但我不会把一个很重的长镜头摄像机放在上面。Figures 10 and 11).

Figures 10 and 11. Tilting the head

你必须自己找出平衡点. You can tighten it for a little bit more friction, but that's really not the way to do it. You have a set amount of friction, not an adjustment, and the knobs shown in Figure 12 就像锁一样把它锁住.

Figure 12. 使用这些旋钮将头部锁定到位

Another thing I'm going to mention is the tripod handle I'm using in Figure 11. 它看起来像一个超小的三脚架把手, 但实际上有一根可以松开的线，你可以把它拉紧. 它不会像没有额外的杠杆一样突出来. Also, the handle is nice and thin so that if you want to use it to mount some sort of zoom control, 它小巧美观，使用方便. 它也很直. You don't have to get over something and it doesn't have a big bowl in the middle.

This has been my look at the new YC Onion Pineta Peak carbon fiber tripod system. 它不一定只是一个三脚架. It's not necessarily just a telescoping center column or ball head or quick-release top plate. 所有这些都被整合在一起. I find this really handy and in terms of making it so you don't have to focus on all the little doodads and whatnots.

2017年，我回顾了一篇文章 iKan E-Image tripod that has single adjustment on the leg, but that was just a two-stage tripod. This is a three-stage tripod with a telescoping center column that gets your camera way over the heads of everybody else.