Welcome to Vanguard World Vanguard - A global manufacturer of professional photo / video equipment, high-precision hunting equipment, outdoor sport optics equipment, and photography / birding accessories. VANGUARD is a global leader in high-quality photo-video accessories (tripods, monopods, ball heads, camera bags and cases), hunting accessories (archery bow cases, gun cases and gun pods/shooting sticks) and sporting optics (binoculars and spotting scopes).