its like watching "how its made" on discovery

the Chinese bicycle factory was more fun.

thats fricken awesome. I wish the guy was a little more enthusastic though.

Bueller.....Bueller....

Are there that many tripods being sold every day? Wow. That one guy made at least 2 dozen so far.

I keep expecting him to tell us that he hates his life and wants to die. Come on Chris you got a trip and junk outa it punch it up.

Nothing I enjoy more than watching good manufacturing! Post more manufacturing vidoes on Gizmodo!!

Wow can that dude be more mono-tone. I was falling asleep with all of this. At least "How-It's-Made" has a little pop in it's step.

That is a large series of tubes.

I think at one point, the narrator swallowed the microphone. At least that's what it sounded like. My speakers sure didn't care for it. That was a neat video though.

Gitzo FTMFW!!!

(sorry, Bogen, Manfrotto, your stuff rocks, but ze French zey make-a da high-quality tripod leg)

Good video. However, I'm not sure whether I am disgusted by paid trips around the world from corporations. Perhaps a corporation has a plant somewhere in the caribbean that they would like to show me so that I can form an opinion.

quality stuff - very sturdy and you can twist em every imaginable way.

Seemed tubing better then seemless? I don't think so, nice spin.

I was just at the Manfrotto factories today; I don't know if you know this "iomatic" but Gitzo is made at the exact same plant (parent company of Bogen, Manfrotto, and Gitzo is Vitec Group). There are no Gitzos made in France.

Honestly, the whole process is extremely impressive; I have suggested that they allow people to tour on a regular basis as the work shows why Manfrotto/Gitzo tripods are so good.

Also, for the record, there is only one factory in Bassano del Grappa; the HQ is in Campese, and most of the factories are in Feltre.

I heart manfrotto. best frikkin' tripods I've ever used. well, a massive step up from slik. I own two tripods (both aluminum, someday I'll get the carbon fiber) and three heads ('joystick' ball head, three way magnesium, and a video head that all use the same plates), all manfrotto.

I love my Manfrotto tripod as well; I have slowly upgraded what I had from a cheap generic brand, to Slik to my 190XPROB (which kinda looks like what is being engraved in that video). Light yet rock-solid. Great video, but the narration could make the building of the Death Star sound boring as hell.

And what's wrong with paid trips from corporations?

Disgusted, because you didn't get to go?

There was a free tour of Bacardi in Puerto Rico when I visited - not a corporate paid trip (although we all were given excessive numbers of vouchers for free drinks at the end), but just as much spin as this video, I'm sure.

Sure it may affect the quality of a review, but if you heart the manufacturer anyway, might as well do it for yourself. If Steve Jobs offered to fly you to a brand-new apple store, in all of its glassy glory, would you not go?

If you think the narrator lacks excitement, imagine one of the laborers explaining what he/she does all day, every day, again and again, ad nauseam, repeatedly...

"How It's Made" (Science Channel) completely owns this pile. Brooks Moore is an excellent narrator, and their camera work is fantastic.

Ever wonder how tripods are made? - Not really but heck, Will watch the video anyway. -But one thing that got me was that there are still humans involved? wow! machines ain't taking over the world afterall!

This is no commercial.
I met Lino Manfrotto at PMA 1978 and began selling his excellent products as soon as they were available in this country.
Manfrotto has been a leading innovator in tripod design for almost thirty years. To my knowledge he was among the first to produce damped, pan heads and later fluid heads that were within reach of a growing market of non-professional film makers and an emerging video market.
His products have always been value leaders in their classes.
I have several Gitzo tripods as well. They possess exceptional quality but they remian over-priced.

@viaggiatore

You fucking killjoy.

:)

Manfrotto FTMFW!!!