Manfrotto's ONE range is a premium, hybrid support system designed to bridge the gap between photography and videography for modern content creators. The original ONE Hybrid features a quick-release system for swapping heads in seconds, a versatile column that can shift between vertical and horizontal positions (Q90), and a built-in leveling base, making it a robust solution for both photo stills and cinematic video.
The new ONE Photo is a dedicated photography tripod, utilizing the ONE range's special angular leg tubes for maximum stability. ONE Photo also features Manfrotto's patented XTEND mechanism, allowing all leg sections to be deployed simultaneously in a single action for rapid setup and height adjustment.
"With ONE Photo, we focused purely on photography, optimising the structure, control, and accessories to support accuracy, speed, and confidence in every shot. It is a tripod built to support precise composition and repeatable results," explains Davide Acerbis, Senior Product Manager at Manfrotto. All of the tripods in the ONE range are designed and made in Italy.
Specs
- Weight: 3.112 kg
- Leg Sections: 3
- Maximum Height: 164 cm
- Minimum Height: 10 cm
- Safety Payload Weight: 12 kg
- Closed Length: 65.5 cm
- Upper Disc Diameter: 60 mm
- Top Attachment: 3/8″ screw attachment
- Color: Black
ONE Photo is available in three configurations to suit different photographic styles and working environments:
- ONE Photo Aluminium Tripod, for photographers who prefer to pair the tripod with their own head.
- ONE Photo Aluminium Tripod with XPRO Ball Head, offering a fast, intuitive solution with secure lock-off and smooth friction control for general photography.
- ONE Photo Aluminium Tripod with XPRO 3-Way Head, designed for studio, architectural, and precision work where independent axis control and repeatable framing are essential.
All configurations support professional accessories via Manfrotto's Easy Link connector, allowing lights, reflectors, or other equipment to be attached directly to the tripod, reducing the need for additional stands and simplifying both studio and location setups.
I'm rather excited about this tripod. As a long-time Manfrotto tripod owner, and someone who shoots a variety of photography — from studio flatlays to travel and landscapes — I'm really keen to get hold of one and thoroughly test its versatility. The Q90 mechanism caught my attention. This enables overhead, flat-lay, macro, and product photography without disassembly.
So watch this space; a review will be coming in due course.
The Manfrotto ONE Photo range is available now.
5 Comments
This last image in a Kitchen with the young lady, fortunately bracing the camera, is not a good example of good Photo practice.
We should have seen a counterweight either under the tripod or on the side-arm end opposite the camera that is mounted. We should always be setting a good example for those still learning our craft.
Otherwise a good article.
Rod
A good point, and something I will look in to when I get a review copy to test, as I shoot a lot of studio flat lays that way.
Just a loud thinking..: Why should anyone carry around a more than 3Kg tripod that can only hold upto 12Kg… There are many less priced carbon fibre tripods with far less weight but can hold more load with umpteen number of accessory gadgets…🤔
I hope to find out once I get a review copy to play with 👍
But do they have the same features as this tripod? Are they as convenient? I have a carbon fiber tripod that cost me about $150 less than this tripod. It holds around 30lbs and is extremely light but it also doesn't have a center column that can telescope horizontally and it doesn't have the quick release levers either which could be very convenient depending a photographers needs. I personally would love to have a single lever on each leg that loosens and tighten all sections in each leg. It would make deployment MUCH faster which some photographers could benefit greatly from. I use several different tripod heads so the hot swap system for that would be great for me and I've also never seen any other tripod have a feature like that.
Tripods with this many features are naturally going to be heavier as it takes more material to implement these features. I'm not trying to say this is the greatest tripod ever to be created. I actually am not a fan of Manfroto products at all, but I do want to be a bit of a devil's advocate and give it a fair shot. What it's really going to come down to is will the weight trade off be worth it for the all the extra convenient features or not and that's really going to come down to the needs of the photographer looking at something like this.
I'm a fan of seeing companies trying new things and looking to push innovation in a segment of photography that is mostly stagnant with tripod offerings that are all just an apex ( with or with out center column) and 2 to three section legs made of carbon fiber or not. That's basically 90% of the tripod market. They're all mostly the same thing. Just pick how much you want to spend on one. There's loads of good offerings that get the basic principle down really well for really good prices but there are few companies that are actually trying to make the day to day and minute to minute use of tripods faster, smoother, more convenient, and enjoyable to use.
The proof will be in the pudding so we'll have to wait and see if these products are worth it or not when the real world reviews start coming in. Based off of the description of what these products can do and with how they are priced it really doesn't seem like that bad of a deal.