Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/05/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 08:13 AM 5/11/98 -0500, Steven Blutter wrote: >the new one is unbelievably sturdy - just a bit of tightening and its >locked. the old one was very frustrating in that you had to really muscle >it tight, which was a total pain if you had to make slight adjustments > Steven I've owned a number of these guys from very early to current production, and I haven't noticed any difference in the manner or degree of tightening required. I suspect the old one you used was defective or worn out. The most sought-after of the ball heads is the older large ball head, which had a reversible thread so it would work on both European and International thread tripod sockets. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!