I just found a recent blogs: http://tiltallsupport.blogspot.com/ It contains about 1-year old exchange about the monopod functionality, which still remained somewhat unsolved.
Presumably, the modern version part (TEP-6) wouldn't fit (?) http://tiltallsupport.blogspot.com/p/tiltall-replacement-parts.html In any case, - these pages, and this: http://tiltallsupport.blogspot.com/p/tiltall-support.html have historical insights and tilts of All Tiltall. Update: I just recalled, and checked: in my tripod, all three legs come off. Cheers, Igor > From [email protected] Sat Mar 5 18:25:59 2011 > Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2011 18:25:57 -0500 (EST) > From: Igor Roshchin <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Technical questions: Manfrotto tripod (3182+3433 head) > > > Original as in Marchioni Bros. > > We bought it on eBay for $80, including S&H, 10 years ago. > The advantage of it is that it is very steady and rugged. > But it is rather heavy and bulky, and what's worse, dealing with > aluminum leaves hands dirty. > > According to the descriptions I read on the web, one of its legs > (and I found which one - it unscrews), - can be used as a monopod. > But I could never figure out completed how would one attach a camera to it. > I think some piece was missing. > > Igor > > > On Mar 5, 2011, at 4:55 AM, eckinator wrote: > > > original as in Marchioni Bros.? Or the later, unmodified Rockwel, NJ > > Leitz version? I had one of the later, Asian made units. it was not > > one to shun though. now I have a Novoflex QuadroPod to ride in my car > > and a Gitzo G 1258 6x Series 2 to travel light. I'll probably sell the > > latter since I never have time to travel light these days. > > -- 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.

