Blue Post Office Box Rules

I was impressed by this Benro tripod right out of the box with it's blue carrying case with ample pockets and blue satchel bag for protection. The legs are sturdy; one detaches to become a monopod; the 3/8 mounting screw flips over into 1/4; the blue locking ring keeps center post secure; and the extra , shorter post allows for near-ground level shooting. Sure there are much more expensive Benro models, and other brands to get lighter, sturdier, and higher but this is a great all-purpose tripod for $165.

This thing rules!!

Very easy process and delivered internationally in only a few days. The box rules

This tough little box Rules!!!!! Clean signal And no more ground loop buzz. Super well made simple to use works Perfectly. Best way to marry consumer products to professional items.

Rules so hard

Picked up the 11-24 at the Post Office; took few shots of the steering wheel; and drove right into the Talkeetna mountains. Having used fisheyes for year I thought I would know what to do with an 11mm rectilinear...but this lens is different. My instant favorite lens for off-trail Alaska landscapes. Image quality and sharpness are excellent. Distortion is very low. Makes incredible panoramas that don't look stretched out. Heavy...but it's also a 20, 17, 14,13 and 12mm! Once in my hands weight doesn't matter! Use the 11mm most but love the zoom!

I had been trying to find the EF 8-15mm f/4L Fisheye lens for several months (apparently sold out everywhere. Eventually, I stumbled upon this one available through Canon's refurbished site. As far as I can tell, mine is in fine condition. I have been using it for about 5 weeks now and am beginning to understand a bit more about how to best use it. I use it on my R5 with the EF adapter and at 8mm it provides a full circle image. I have learned that you need to watch out that you don't include your own feet or shadow in the frame. I have noticed a blue fringe around the extreme edge of the photo and have also noticed some flare (even extending outside the circle) when the sun is at the outside edge of the lens. When working with the circular image in post processing, I crop to 1x1 with post-crop vignetting (changing the outer black area to white and shrinking the circle just enough to cover the blue fringe). Also in post processing, make sure you don't enable lens profile correction as that may straighten the image and ruin the circle.

Rules super hard

Post Office took their time, but arrived packaged perfectly and I cannot be happier as fits my Canon SX 70

While the US Post Office took an extra week and an half to deliver this, the item arrived and it works very well. Easy to set up and works as advertised. It's light weight means you should handle carefully, I imagine. Also, since the transmitter has no power switch (it only powers when pressing the trigger) you should do what I do and remove the batteries when it's in the bag to prevent running them down. In all, definitely worth the price.