Manfrotto 055CX tripods are full-sized carbon fiber tripods with excellent rigidity. These tripods provide full support for your camera or optic while offering the advantage of minimal weight for their size. Manfrotto 055CX tripods also offer the advantage of being vibration-dampening. The CXPro models have Q90 center columns that can switch from vertical to horizontal for photographing objects on the ground. 

Manfrotto 055X tripods are aluminum tripods with improved leg locks and lighter weight. All tripods in the series have 055XPRO3 legs. There are two kits which include either the -3W 3-way head or the -BHQ2 ball head.