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Marchionis, Tapered and Shouldered Blocks
I recently purchased two Machioni Tiltalls on EBay and noted that there was a design change at the "apex" block from a tapered "cone" section (left) to the permanent design that follows today - a much...
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Field Guide to Tiltall
Left to right - but not in chronological order:Uniphot - large/small knobs on raise/pan handles; phillips screws on tilts; unknown if black paint finish was the only choice. Sticky label. Thanks for...
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Secret Life of Tiltalls
Remember to click photo to enlarge. First, a quick review of the order of iterations: Original Marchioni. Leitz buys Marchioni. Import/export group, Unifot (aka Fred Albu) buys Tiltall from Leitz and...
View ArticleMonopod questions
On Sat, Mar 5, 2011 at 7:54 AM, Mukul Dube wrote:GR, I noticed today that one leg of my Leitz version unscrews. I was setting up the tripod for work, so didn't take it off completely. What is the...
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Additional information regarding Star D tiltall variations
From: Clair Kunkel Subject: New/Additional information regarding Star D tiltall variationsGary:Attached is some information I put together based on two Star Dtiltalls that I own. Both have threaded...
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Yet more StarD Tiltall puzzle
Subject: TEP-4 BMessage: Hi Gary,I am refurbishing a Star-D and I am interested in a pair of TEP-4 in Black. I seem to remember that the Star-D will accept parts that are made for a TiltAll.Jim- Yes,...
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Bunny Yeager used a Tiltall
FYI- Bunny Yeager used a Tiltall7:36 AM (32 minutes ago)-Joe Farace
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"World's 1st Fashion Tripod" - $99
Two greybeards, Harold Sweet of Samy's Camera Beatrice Street Rental, Los Angeles who holds the in-store TILTALL point-of-purchase (aka POP!) display (left) shown with your bloggist, Gary Regester. The...
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Wobbly Center Column on Marchioni.
Gary- I have a Tiltall Professional #4602 and using your exploded parts diagram, here is my problem: When I raise the head, the center column flops back and forth slightly. This makes it hard to get...
View ArticleNew foot / Old foot
Gary- I teach photography at the local junior college here and one of my students has a silver Tiltall tripod. One of the rubber feet/spike assemblies came off some time ago and he bought a...
View ArticleBush in the Hand is Worth Two. . .
Some notes on the Tiltall leg "bushings": Hi Gary, I have a question about the TEP-10 and TEP-11 bushings. At $8 a set, do you mean for all three legs, or just one? Gene- Sorry I am not clear - I...
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The Chinese Knock-off, Not!
Photo left - Your blogster, Gary Regester at the CES Las Vegas today with Oliver Yang, present owner of the TILTALL brand and manufacturer of the KINGHOME Tiltall iteration. Thanks to Bob Solomon, HP...
View ArticleBallhead for headless Monocolumn?
Several have asked for my recommends for Monoball heads - during the last 10 or 15 years, the world has filled with small easy-to-travel (no long handles) monoball heads of all ilk - take a look at any...
View ArticleStarD. . .Mystery Resolved?
On Sun, Apr 1, 2012Subject: Tiltall StoryMessage: The Tiltall story still seems to be a bit foggy. I intend to update the story at photoscala.de and would like to mention your website.Since the...
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Current Leg Bushing Modified to fit Leitz
Hi Gary,IT WORKED!!!!I have attached pictures of the before and after process.My friend Gary (Hmmmm Something going on with that...)cut the flat non beveled part and then whittled it down to the right...
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Marchioni Bros. History in Leitz Brochures
Leitz Tiltall brochure below, c.1974. Courtesy: Richard Haeseler, New Port Richey FL USA Leitz Tiltall brochure below, c. 1981. Courtesy: Pacific Rim Camera, Salem, OR 97302
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Hybrid Tiltall Thoughts
Thank you Ellen for your questions regarding Tiltall for birding. Several ideas with notes:A - The original stock Tiltall head and column assembly - seemed to have gone missing in your photo of your...
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Tiltall and the amazing Anson Nordby
Dear Mr. Regester, Thank you for your response to my inquiry about obtaining a new leg for my Tiltall tripod. I am sending the entire tripod assembly to you for correct parts. In addition to the leg...
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