Admiralty Velbon is a famous Japanese tripod brand, founded in 1955, half a century, has set up factories in Japan and Taiwan, in 1991 came to Zhongshan, Guangdong Province to set up Zhongshan Weirubao Photographic Equipment Co., Ltd., now Zhongshan has become the world's main tripod production base, the related industrial chain is perfect, giving birth to a number of world-class photographic equipment brands, Admiralty has played a huge role. However, after the change of time, domestic brands have come to the fore, and Admiralty's Taiwan factory and Japanese factory have been closed one after another, and only the Zhongshan factory is left, and its influence is not as good as before.
 
Admiralty has a limited number of products on sale in China, mainly including the desktop tripod UT fold series, and the conventional full-size tripod carbon pioneer series, which are positioned in the mid-to-high-end market and priced at more than 1,000 yuan. The EX and CX series are very entry-level products, priced at about 100 yuan.
 
The UT reverse folding series is the most distinctive and competitive product of Admiralty, positioning the desktop mini tripod, but the price is as high as more than 1,000 yuan. Although the UT series is miniature and has a storage length of only 18.8-27cm, it adopts a six-section leg tube design, which can reach a height of 96-156cm when fully opened, achieving an amazing storage ratio and a load capacity of up to 6-10 kg. The most special thing is that the leg tube locking mechanism adopts its patented CL structure, which can be unlocked or locked by rotating 3/4 times, without the need to unlock each leg separately, the efficiency of opening and storage has been doubled, and the structural stability of this overall opening and closing is destined to be worse than that of the individual locking structure, but as long as you treat it carefully, there are not too many problems with the life.
 
The price of the carbon pioneer series is more than 1500 yuan, the leg tube is made of carbon fiber produced in France, and the tripod part is made of magnesium alloy, which is lighter. The leg tube adopts the I.J.P patent, there is a guide rail inside, which can prevent the leg from idling, and the model with the M suffix also adopts the patented TS structure, omitting the through screw of the foot shaft, and the No. 2 leg can be stretched to the limit below to improve the storage ratio, but the carbon pioneer series does not use a reverse folding structure, and the storage ratio is not advantageous. There is a very intimate design on the foot, by tightening or loosening the knob, you can freely switch the foot peg or anti-slip pad mode, no need to carry the foot peg separately, to avoid the trouble of carrying when not in use, and the embarrassment of not finding it when you use it. However, the series does not support separate split monopods, the nominal load capacity is low, the maximum is less than 10kg, far lower than the domestic brand, but the nominal load capacity is the recommended value, there is no national standard, can not be compared across brands. In actual use, even with a full-frame model and a super telephoto lens, it remains stable.
 
The EX and CX series are very entry-level products, lackluster in design and craftsmanship, and solve the yes and no problems, and if this is the need, then the cheaper Weifeng tripod may be more competent.
 
The warranty period of Weifeng series tripod is three years, which is lower than the six years of domestic brands and higher than that of Manfrotto.