Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/12/12

[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]
Subject: [Leica] Tiltall tripods
From: Doug Herr <71247.3542@compuserve.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Dec 1998 08:09:59 -0500
 
On Fri, 11 Dec 1998, Stanley E Yoder wrote:

>In the current thread on these, someone recommended the earlier
"Leica-made" >Tiltalls.
>Did Leitz (or ELNY) actually MAKE any? I seem to have read somewhere
>that they were the product of a small firm in New Jersey, and Leitz/ELNY
>marketed them for a time. This does not include the current incarnation
>of the name.
>But then my memory.............I forget what I was going to say.
>
>Stan Yoder
>Pittsburgh 

Stan,

The Tiltall tripods were also available under the "Star D" brand name.  My
memory may be as good as yours but I think Tiltalls were made for Leitz NY
by the Star D  company.

Doug Herr
Sacramento