Setting up a tripod
There are a number of different styles of tripods available. Regardless of whether it’s the telescopic type or the dual tube type, always try to use a tripod/fluid head combination that has a "levelling head". A tripod that has a adjustable rising centre post is designed for stills photography - it has no place under a video camera.
Video and stills tripods consist of two parts - a tripod and a fluid head, however it is common to refer to the whole unit as a tripod or a tripod system.