On 27 Dec 2002 at 13:49, T Rittenhouse wrote: > Interesting, I had a 3021 cira :979 and now have one cira:1992. The newer > one is obviously more cheaply made. Apparently the current > Bogen/Manofrotto's are still more cheaply made. Built to sell at a price > point, I guess.
The only difference that I perceived in my original 055 (purchased March '86) and an associates 055 (purchased '00 still had the circular section centre post) was that the latter had a seemingly more flimsy leg setting angle setting and locking hub but it appeared to work fine. Cheers, Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications.html