Awhile back i did some research on FanCier tripods and found a number of people saying that they were quite good quality.
so i purchased a fanciet CF tripod off the ebay and a head from adorama, all together it cost me around $200
one big reason i bought it was because it had 4 section legs which allow a 66 inch tripod to colapse down to 19 . and that is a huge plusfor me as this will be on a plane with me alot and i cant lug around one of those 30 inch opperations.
and as i currently live in vietnam all my most recently purchased equipment is sitting at my parents house in the USA waiting for me to visit or for them to visit me. when i get my tripod i will repost and let you all know what i found.
you can look this up to see it on ebay FT6826T
or click here
http://cgi.ebay.com/Carbon-Fibre-Fib...713.m153.l1262