After a long time of waiting out on getting a $200 tripod, I finally found one less than $150 and sufficient for my needs. Induro has come out with a new line of very cheap tripod kits which include the tripod legs, ball head, carrying case, and strap. I purchased the cheapest of the bunch, ABO at $130. The others in the line are the AB1 at $150 and the AB2 at $180. Of course the more expensive the better they are. All of the tripods have the exact same features, except that the more expensive it gets, the bigger, heavier, and stronger they get.