Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]gitzo and bogen are the best! justin stailey from bogen read my email to the LUG, and after a brief correspondence with him, i brought the tripod to their ramsey NJ facility (just a few miles from my house) on oct 31, and it came back in the mail 3 business days later, repaired at no charge. i've got 3 gitzo tripods and one monopod now, and thanks to their excellent and responsive service, my fifth camera support will most likely be another gitzo! thanks justin, bogen and gitzo! - -rei > > Rei Shinozuka wrote: > > > > i have a carbon gitzo 1228 for my m6's. one of the > > leg locks turns, tightens, then makes a snapping sound > > and then is one turn loose, as if the screw threads are jumping. > > if i tighten up a little less, it seems OK. > > i'll confess to putting some effort into tightening the leg > > locks, particularly since if you don't tighten the upper > > locks on a gitzo, it's hard to tighen and loosen the lower locks > > because the tubes rotate. i've never had any trepidation > > about leaning on the locks for years with my old metal gitzo reporter > > and my little gitzo weekender. > > > > have i done a bad thing? is this an easy fix? > > > > :-( > > > > TIA, > > > > -rei - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html