Attention Photographers- Tiltall tripod find
My find of the day…….
I was out shopping yesterday and came upon an interesting item. It is an early model Tiltall professional camera tripod. I’ve never really seen one before, but when I saw it setting there on the floor I knew it must be something special. So I bought it and brought home and looked it up on the web. Let me just say not many tripods have blogs in their honor but this one sure does…..
Tiltall Tripod Support
I thinking it’s an early model because it has thumb screws instead of knobs for two of the locking collars and I can only find photos of them with knobs. It is in pretty good shape, but it appears to have a worn or missing bushing for the center column so a previous owner applied mylar tape to increase the size of the shaft. I’ll be able to figure something else out which will work better than the tape. It has no dents or real damage too it. It also has these cool feet that have spikes in them that are threaded and protrude when you turn the feet. Here's a few pics……