Someday designers will figure out how to make a friction grab on the
tripod legs so that one can pull or push each leg to the desired
position and it just stays. Maybe with some sort of little release
button up at the platform and a little flat flaring right at the end
of each leg so you can put your foot on it and pull while pressing
the button.
Then the center post will no longer be necessary and we can all carry
around tripods that extend to 9 feet and get rid of the center post
entirely.
Galen Rowell used his tripods without the center post with the Arca
Swiss mounted directly on the base of the tripod.
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Emily L. Ferguson
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