what waS your last photography related purchase?

Kino said:

I have a couple of these and they say "Made in Japan". There are variations on the construction; one even has a tilting center column that is geared. I think they were popular in the 1960's-70's as inexpensive accessories to push on the new camera buyer in camera stores.

Not a bad little tripod, but the legs are easy to kink and bend (as you can see from your example) if you don't take care when retracting the legs. Mine have a little wire locking pin on each extension that should be pushed in before collapsing the leg.

Good for display and tabletop with a light rangefinder, but fully extended it leaves a lot to be desired on anything other than a totally calm day.

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Chromium VI said:

I've seen those tripods on an old FotoQuelle magazine (late 60s) and they where also sold with some camera bags (for rangefinders and scale-focus cameras) that had some leather straps on the bottom for the tripod. I wold love to get one of those bags (with the tripod) for my Super-Sillete or for my Dacoras Super-Dignette...

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Helios 1984 said:

You just gave me an idea for a new sewing project, I'll make a pouch for this tripod.

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Helios 1984 said:

I couldn't fix the light bent because the foot is on there so tight that I couldn't unscrew it without risking bending the tube.

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