Q. Dynatran Leg Extension

I just purchased the Dynatran CF994 tripod with ball head. My experience with tripods up to this point has been the $40 Velbon model. The legs on the tripod don't appear to have any kind of release to get them to move or lock in place. It appears to be all friction based. Once the legs are moved to their outmost position is that the furthest they will go? I know this sounds like a silly question but I expected them to extend further out (splay). At the very top of the legs there appears to be a lever of some sort. Well, it appears that way, it could just be a cap of some sort.

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The reason I ask is that I would like to get a low point of view by just splaying the legs wide instead of shortening each leg and then splaying.

There's a thingy at the joint of leg and centre that can be pulled out to allow the leg to spread further - it's right at the very top outside of each leg. Sorry I don't have a picture handy

it's a spring knobby thing that you press.

I found the thread I was thinking of - the tablike thing that you pull out a bit is shown in the pictures in the review, see difference with leg normal vs. wide
https://photography-on-the.net …highlight=dynat​ran+review

Thank you all. I thought I had the right thing but I couldn't get it to work. I found out that I need to draw the legs back in, pull up the release and then extend the legs again. I can't just pull up the release whyile the legs are already splayed.

Thanks agian everyone.