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Re: [OM] Re: Tripods.. Try Tiltall

Subject: Re: [OM] Re: Tripods.. Try Tiltall
From: Jim Couch <spknsprkt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2001 11:26:13 -0800
Inner tubes do work well. Another thing that works great is that rubberized
anti-slip shelf liner stuff (real techie description there) you see around.

Jim Couch

John Pendley wrote:

> > 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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