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From: "David Mann"
Subject: Re: need help recognizing tripod head
Otherwise known as the Manfrotto 168. I bought one because it takes the
same lens-plate as the 029 pan/tilt head. It works nicely on the
monopod.
I had one of those. It was what I learned to hate ballheads with. It was the
crankiest piece of equipment I have ever owned. Mine had a badly cast ball,
I think, and it froze to the socket after sitting for a while.
I never did find a grease that would make it work, and I spent a good long
while polishing the ball and socket smooth as well.
I take it some of them work properly?
William Robb
