[Black] The tooling on the rail is solid so it performs exactly as you would like. I found the legs to be unnecessary, but no worries they are easily unscrewed.

[Black] I heartily recommend the NISI macro rail. I use it on a very sturdy tripod with a large ball head employing an arca-swiss mount. The rail is well built, with no slop in its smooth movements.

The worm gear enables very precise movements. For my purposes I tend to use .5mm slices for focus stacking. If particular you could easily refine that down to .01 mm per image. Once locked down on the tripod head, everything is very stable.

Some reviews have mentioned unwanted creeping. I have not run into that. My setup is a relatively heavy D850 with an old school 200mm Micro lense mounted via the lens foot. This is a pretty good workout for the rail. It has worked like a champ, with no unwanted movements. I even put it pointing nearly straight down, at something over 80 degrees, focused carefully on a tiny detailed pattern. After 10 minutes, the image remained perfectly focussed when looked at on 100% live view magnification.

Other reviewers have complained that the clamp doesn’t open up wide enough to accommodate their plates. Yes and no. If you read their complaints carefully you realize that they want to do drop the plates in vertically instead of sliding them in. Yes, it is correct that standard arca-swiss plates won’t drop in easily. However the clamp opens up readily such that you can slide your set up into it and tighten it up securely.

Not all is perfect. Those little feet for table top use seem inadequate and I simply unscrewed them. The movement effort needed to twist the rail’s clamp to change orientation is pretty darn stiff. Note, to fit the rail in its provided sack for protection, the 2 knobs need to be inline with the rail direction, which is 90 degrees off from how I prefer setting it up.

All in all this is a great rail for precision macro work.

[360°] I have owned 3 or 4 different macro rails from various other companies at pretty high price points and this is hands down the best I have used. It is very smooth and gives zero variation between shots. I could lock in on a tiny detail and do a 20 shot focus stack and maintain basically the same frame instead of it bouncing all over the place. The build quality is amazing. It is a hefty piece and I find it very dependable.


The quick release features is sooo useful for locking in to where you want to be quickly.


The feet are solid and high quality however I don't use them, I keep them in the box just in case but I have no real need for them.


I love how many measure marks are all over this thing to standardize your adjustments and really hone your stacking to an increment that you are confident in. Makes everything replicable which as a professional is very important in my workflows.

[0.66 lb] Well made addition for my advanced Pano Photography rig.

[Aluminum] This focusing rail is very well built. Rock solid. I did one focus stack project so far with over two hundred shots and my final image is spot on focused. The mechanism that moves the camera is super smooth and all the knobs etc feel like a precision intrument when operated. I highly recommend this rail...well worth the money.

[Black] Making a fishing rack for my pickup truck and this is exactly what I was looking for to make it.

[Black] I have to say these things were a life saver on a shoot I was just on. Not only did they resist high wind speed and keep their shape, but they are light as a feather. Something that will stand the test of time! Good Purchase.

[Aluminum] Needed this for the falcon rickshaw and did not disanoint with making custom modifications

[Black] I needed these for a Dana Dolley and they are smooth and attach easily.

[Black] Works just as well as the 2.5 times more expensive big name brands