Gitzo™
A Vitec Group brand
In order to make our new products and range easier to understand, Gitzo has renewed the product coding system.
The new coding system is based on letters and digits that describe the product characteristics. Thanks to this self-explanatory coding system it is very easy to identify the product and the different versions released. Products are described taking into account the category, the material used, the main characteristics (like number of sections and head type) and other aspects, like height, accessories, special series and other useful information.
While the coding system is probably easier to interpret for main products like tripods, monopods and heads, it is more difficult for the accessories, even if it follows the same logic scheme for all products.
Gitzo was founded in France in 1917 by Arséne Gitzhoven, who produced cameras, cable releases, shutters (at a rate of 750 per day) and filmpack frames for the photographic industry until 1942, when the World War led to the company being temporarily dismantled.
Production started again in 1944 and tripods were introduced to the Gitzo's product range in the 1950's. In 1960, Arséne Gitzhoven retired and his daughter, Yvonne Plieger, took over running the company with her husband, devoting themselves to the development of a wide range of top quality tripods and heads which were exported to more than 54 countries.
In 1992, Gitzo became part of the Vitec Group - a multinational holding company specialized in supporting professional photographers, broadcasters and filmmakers. Gitzo's unfailing standards have helped to maintain the company's worldwide reputation for excellence in the photographic industry.
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