From: moreaux@litsun22.epfl.ch (Michel Moreaux)
Newsgroups: rec.photo
Subject: Bogen tripods references equivalence table (FAQ ?)
Date: 5 Nov 92 14:22:57 GMT
Distribution: rec
Organization: Laboratoire d'informatique technique


Manfrotto sells its tripods in the States under the name "Bogen". This does
not cause any problem except the fact that they also have changed all their
references. This is more annoying when an american people speaks about the
Bogen tripod ref. X and says that it is great because blah blah and that it is
bad because blah blah blah. I mean that for the rest of the world, there is no
way to know about what this people is talking about. This is particularly
annoying because there is a never ending discussion about tripods on this
newsgroup and non-american people cannot understand the information.

Some months ago, someone has already posted a partial table giving
equivalences between american refs and "non-american" ones:

        American refs           Non_American refs
          3001                    190  (mini pro)
          3011                    144  (basic)
          3021                    055  (triminor)

The same problem arises with Bogen/Manfrotto heads. I already found that the
head referenced 3030 in US is referenced 222 elsewhere.

Now, my query: could someone post on the net a full equivalence table ? People
could also post the denomination of their tripod and their head, that is, the
name under which they are sold in the State. I hope that Manfrotto has perhaps
kept the denominations unlike the references. Here is a table giving the
references of the european Manfrotto tripods (for photography) with
their denominations :

        References              Denomination
          161                     Super Pro
          074                     Trifive
          075                     Trispecial
          028                     Triman
          058                     Triaut

You could mail me your response or post it to the net. If I received enough
information I will summarize on the net.

_Michel Moreaux

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