What tripod and ball head do you like for the Canon 30D?

Answer 1

I have a Manfrotto 390 tripod, with a 390 RC2 head. The head is still available, but i think you'll have to checkout manfrotto.com for another tripod, for instance 055PROB.
I am very happy with my 390 set; it had a good price and excellent all-round purpose.
Your question is not that easy to answer, because defining what kind of head you need also depends on what kind of photography you do (architecture, macro, sports, etc.) The one i described you (a three-way head) has a a big advantage that it is "all-round", disadvantage is: adjusting goes a bit slow, so for instance sport can better be done with a two way head. The tripod is both light to take abroad and pretty stable for studio work (so also all-round)
On manfrotto.com you can get a better idea of what suits you best: scroll down a bit and click "wich tripod?"
of course there is also other brands of tripods you can buy after using this site to find out what kind of equipment you want. (secondhand they are available on the net sometimes;-)

Good luck in your purchase
Dr. Aram

Answer 2

I have the Manfrotto 3021 legs. They are a bit heavy but I don't do much hiking with it so that is fine with me. I started off with a Bogen 3030 3-way head. I liked it but found it too slow to adjust for portrait type photography and have since bought a Bogen ballhead. I don't recall the model number of the head, it is one of the mid-sized heads.

A note about ballheads - I am glad I didn't get one of the small ones becuase I have a 80-200mm f/2.8 lens that would be way to heavy for a smaller head. I would have liked to have had one of the ball heads with the Arca Swiss mount but those were out of my price range.

Answer 3

What I like is a Gitzo carbon fiber tripod with an Arca Swiss head with RRS plates. What I use is a manfrotto 055 with a 3262 ball head with a hex plate adapter.