Japanese brands are these days famous for upholding the name of quality goods. Slik is no different. Slik is the household name for high quality tripods. This award winning company has more than 67 years experience in the field of manufacturing tripods. In fact, Slik has now become a global brand due to the amazing products they produce. Almost all the ideas for making a tripod user-friendly have been introduced by Slik. Over the years, many other tripod companies have imitated the ingenious and new features that Slik had introduced to the world of photography. As Slik’s products are highly admired midst users, cheaper companies cannot resist trying to make money by copying Slik’s designs.
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A passionate photographer by the name of Takatoshi Shiraishi, who had been a mechanical engineer by profession, first began designing tripods in 1948 in Tokyo for his own personal use. This was the beginning of what is today known as the Slik product line. In 1977, when only basic tripods were commonly in use, Slik startled consumers by introducing a completely a new tripod with several different features. These kind of tripods are commonly available today. A very simple movement enabled a change from low position to high position. Additionally, features such as lever leg lock, a quick release shoe system and other functions made the product attractive. This model helped the company to win an award from the Government of Japan.
For the purpose of satisfying the continuous demand Slik established another factory in Thailand. This factory accelerated the supply of high quality product for a good, reasonable price. With a company name change, Slik Corporation introduced several award winning models to the market. In 1997, this tripod company introduced an alloy of Aluminum, Magnesium and Titanium, what drew huge attention and revolutionized the manufacturing of tripods.
Slik has a diversified tripod product line. In Slik products the center columns of the tripods are made deliberately short so that photographers do not face any obstructions when they want to take a photograph or video at a low angle. Slik tripods have proved their worth and the company is still working hard to provide a great product for its customers.