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I recently dug out an Ancient Bilora 1124 tripod and 1000 ball head. I bought this in the late 50's early 60's as a mini tripod. Though it was quite capable of holding a Rolleiflex even then. They had been designed to hold the cameras of the day, mostly very solid 35mm cameras but more often various 120 medium format Folders.
I thought that, may be, they could hold modern aps style mirrorless cameras solidly enough to be useful. which has proved to be the case. Certainly the Bilora 1000 ball head is both smoother and locks more solidly than the equivalent modern miniature alternative. and the tripod handles the weight of my fuji XE2 with F2.8-4 standard zoom very well.
The small section formed steel legs, seem to have less vibration than many of the modern tripods of similar size. it is still after all these years in remarkably good condition.
The photo shows it with a Slik QR head holding my Fuji XE2
any way I will keep it in the car as an emergency tripod.
Bilora are still going strong, but now as a precision Hi tec plastic molding and extrusion concern.
Bilora-combo-web by Terry Andrews, on Flickr
I thought that, may be, they could hold modern aps style mirrorless cameras solidly enough to be useful. which has proved to be the case. Certainly the Bilora 1000 ball head is both smoother and locks more solidly than the equivalent modern miniature alternative. and the tripod handles the weight of my fuji XE2 with F2.8-4 standard zoom very well.
The small section formed steel legs, seem to have less vibration than many of the modern tripods of similar size. it is still after all these years in remarkably good condition.
The photo shows it with a Slik QR head holding my Fuji XE2
any way I will keep it in the car as an emergency tripod.
Bilora are still going strong, but now as a precision Hi tec plastic molding and extrusion concern.
Bilora-combo-web by Terry Andrews, on Flickr