Hi ...
I've an old Marchioni Bros. Tiltall, and you're right, there is
a bit of a "pad" that should be on the head. I believe my unit
has the original pad, although with something this old one can
never be 100% certain. However, it looks just like the pads
I've seen on other known originals. According to my caliper,
the pad is only a scosh more than a millimeter thick.
Get a small piece of rubber that will fit over the head, cut it
to size and shape, punch a hole in the center, and you should be
fine. Another option, although not quite as solid, is to use
the little circular disk that comes with new cameras, which is
placed between the camera body and tripod head. In any cae,
it's not too hard to find something of the appropriate
thickness and make a shim or a spacer.
--
Shel Belinkoff
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"The difference between a good photograph
and a great photograph is subtleties."
"IgoR (photo-e-mail)" wrote:
>
> Hello!
>
> I purchased an old (original aluminum) Tiltall tripod.
>
> Well, the problem is that two out of 3 bodies I tried on it,
> two (Pentax ZX-5n and ZX-M), and also the battery grip for them
> could not be secured on the tripod's head. The hole in the bodies
> is just not deep enough for the screw to push the body against the head's
> plain. I think, originally there was some type of cusion pad there,
> but it is not any longer there.
>
> My question:
> Does anybody have a suggestion what I can do in order to use this nice
> tripod with these bodies ?
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