[Leica] Re:Leica Tabletop Tripod

["Doug Richardson" <doug@meditor.demon.co.uk>]

"David Enzel" <dhenzel@worldnet.att.net> wrote:

>I'd welcome hearing from people who use this tripod and head and how
useful they find it.  Thanks for
your help.

My experience has been that these work well with old screw-mount
Leicas, but I've found them tricky to use with heavier cameras such as
the M or Leicaflex. I've noted two problems. One is that no matter how
tightly I screw the ball & socket into the camera, the camera soon
comes loose.  My wrists are not very strong, and I find it
near-impossible to get a firm and reliable connection between the
camera and the B&S. Also the weight of the cameras makes it hard to
position when the ball is unclamped - I have this massive heavy camera
flopping around on top of a lightweight tripod.  The whole thing feels
like an expensive accident just waiting to happen!

I suspect that the exercise of positioning the camera would be a lot
easier if I could find a small B&S head which offered a degree of
adjustable friction, but then I'd face a greater risk that turning the
camera sideways would loosen it from the head.

Or maybe there is some trick to the operation that I've failed to
grasp...

Regards,

Doug Richardson