Gitzo has launched a crowdfunding advertising and marketing marketing campaign for the Legende Tripod and Backpack. Gitzo calls it “among the best tripod we could make” that is backed by an “limitless assure” and made out of eco-friendly provides along with merely repaired parts that emphasize sustainability.
The company says that it manufactured the two merchandise to last a lifetime with low environmental have an effect on. Gitzo says the title “Legende” is impressed by “the storytelling vitality of images: transferred from one know-how to a special whereas creating eternal tales.” The merchandise shouldn’t solely promised to be sturdy nevertheless last a lifetime or additional and help curb the “throwaway custom” by creating the smallest environmental footprint doable by using sustainable provides and backing them with an enormous assure.
Gitzo used high-quality provides inside the “premium design.” The tripod is lightweight and choices 100% carbon fiber legs for what it calls “superior stiffness and energy” with out being a weight burden. Furthermore, all the tripod parts are replaceable and 70% of the parts might be repaired by the proprietor allowing Gitzo to ship out parts on to deal with homeowners who can restore one thing that breaks with out having to pay a service cost or go to a restore retailer.
The backpack’s exterior is manufactured from recycled polyester and 65% of the bag’s weight is comprised of recycled supplies. The “Eco Leather-based-based” tripod strap and backpack particulars are manufactured from cruelty-free, environmentally-friendly, non-toxic synthetic leather-based. Gitzo ensures this supplies is gentle and really tender with wonderful effectivity.
Légende backers will contribute to the occasion of Gitzo’s Wild Photos Outreach tutorial program, which seeks to show the youngsters bordering the Kruger Nationwide Park about conservation and footage. 5 % of promoting marketing campaign product sales will go in route of this program that may help the students by opening up eco employment alternate options and instilling the value of our protected areas.
The tripod weighs 1.45kg (~3.2 kilos), can preserve a payload of 8kg (~17.6 kilos), compresses to 43cm (~17 inches), and would possibly broaden to 165cm (~5.39 ft) tall.
The backpack appears fairly straightforward. It has a side-mounted tripod pocket, straightforward accessibility to the lower inside by means of a facet zipper, an RFID shileded laptop computer laptop sleeve, and straightforward fasteners as a substitute of buttons. The bag weighs 1.69kg (~3.74 kilos) when empty, has a 14-liter amount, and would possibly match a 15-inch laptop computer laptop. The within can match an atypical full-frame mirrorless digital digital camera linked to a 70-200mm lens.
Whereas Gitzo is a extensively identified mannequin, the company chosen to launch this product using Indiegogo seemingly to supply a spot to assemble hype and provide the merchandise for a discount for a quick time-frame. So not like many crowdfunding campaigns, Gitzo does seem like treating it’s Indiegogo like a pre-order platform.
The tripod and backpack collectively could be discovered for $679 (early-bird discounted from $1,028), the tripod might be purchased alone for $519 (early-bird discounted from $799), and the backpack might be purchased alone for $179 (early-bird discounted from $229). The advertising and marketing marketing campaign was fully-funded inside hours of going dwell, and Gitzo expects to fulfill orders by June.
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