A piece or two of bicycle tire tube works great.
HC
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Pendley" <jpendley@xxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 10:46 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Re: Tripods.. Try Tiltall
> > I have a tiltall and I hate it. I liked the legs, kind of, but
absolutely
> > hated the head. I could never secure the camera to the head adequately.
It
> > would always work loose at the worst time.
>
> Ever try a pad (friction, compressible) between the head and camera? I
> poked a hole in a piece of cardboard and stuck in over the screw. It
works;
> I still use a variation of that trick, even with my Bogen (because the
same
> slippage occurs with it). I've taped a piece of cardboard, cut to size,
to
> the QR plate. I've considered trying a piece of bicycle tire tube. A
side
> benefit is that I never have scratches on my cameras' base plates from
> contact with the tripod head.
> JohnP
>
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