There is a small sleeve insert that can screw inside the larger size to match your smaller one. I have done that with a Manfrotto head on a cheaper Velbon legset.
-- Best regards, Bruce Tuesday, June 15, 2010, 10:37:01 AM, you wrote: D> A couple of days ago my wife bought me a kind of hybrid tripod type D> thing at the local flea market for a couple of quid. D> It consists of a rather nice Velbon pan & tilt head mounted on a D> Courtenay studio stand. As my old tripod head is... well... pants... I D> thought I would fit the head on my tripod. Why can't things be simple? D> It seems my old tripod has a the smaller thread mount and the Velbon D> head has a male thread on the bottom! Oh well, the best laid plans D> etc... At least I have a nice stand should I ever get some studio lighting. D> Drew. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

