At 3:06 AM +1100 2/3/06, Andrea Coffey wrote:
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.
The Manfrotto 058 tripod
http://www.manfrotto.com/Jahia/cache/offonce/pid/2287
has a clever mechanism at the top of the legs, where pressing a
lever sideways frees up the legs so they can be extended (or
shortened) all at once, and releasing the lever locks
Very interesting, but has many things I wouldn't want, like handles
and a cranking center post. And it's heavy....
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