Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/09/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>>I saw in an 80's era Leica system brochure (the one >>where Fred Maroon did all the shots) a photo of a tiltall with a large >>Leitz Ballhead attached instead of the standard head. I tried to take my >>std head off but couldn't budge it. > > >Mark, > >I picked up that brochure from the Leitz booth at an AV trade show in the >early 1980s. They also gave me a free silver plastic rain poncho with >"Leica: the first 35mm camera" printed on the back in red. > >On your Tiltall, I'm pretty sure that if you take the bolt or screw out >of the front of the collar at the top of the center column, you can >unscrew the head from the center column. > >- Paul Thanks Paul, I'll it try again this weekend and report back. It would be great for supporting my astro binoculars also. Mark