At last my old, simple tripod that I bought to complement my then new Minolta 303 has developed
another age-related condition - dried out spacer "rubber" to keep the legs in place...
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...and...
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About 20 years ago the other plastic knob and raising handle began to break, but the tilt lever knob is
still going...
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It can still stand quite steadily on its 3 original rubber feet
At this rate I expect I'll to get another 46 years out of it ...