National Geographic and Gruppo Manfrotto teamed up and gave birth to a new line of tripods (also heads, monopods and gear bags) ideal for hardcore professional photographers as well as amateurs who just want to look like hardcore professional photographers.

The NG tripod family was field-tested by National Geographic photographers and engineered to withstand the most extreme environments. They are also very useful in fending off angry wild animals pissed off at having their mating rituals rudely interrupted by nosy photographers.

The family includes the NGET1, the world’s only fully automatic tripod with a patented column mechanism designed for low-angle macro photography. On the other hand, the carbon fiber and magnesium NGET2 is extremely lightweight and portable so it won’t weigh down a photographer running from the pointy end of a raging rhino.