As much as I hate to agree with the above, Fred's tripod was terrible. I had one for about 20 minutes and sold it as quickly as I found someone to buy it. Bought and have used a Ries-several actually- ever since. Although I printed with a cold light for years, I hated his enlarger. Had both a type I & II and sold them both and bought an Omega F and then a Durst. Bought an aristo cold light head for it and a Metrolux timer. Still have them. A lot of Fred's gadgets I bought and still use. Have 3 of his archival washers (8x10, 11x14 & 16x20), 2 of his roll film washers, several darkroom compensating timers (backups), several of his prints and I'm sure other things if I put my mind to it. Had a Zone VI camera (several versions actually) until I switched to Deardorff. Liked the earlier ones better than when he got with Wisner. The tripod was not lightweight and the draw string to keep the legs from flattening out was stupid and didn't really work very well. Sorry Fred promoted many fine ideas and gadgets, but the tripod wasn't one of them.
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