A tiny paint scraf on the knob which I have noticed while taking pictures and I did highlight it (red encircled) in one of the images attached to the listing. I really love to use the ballhead over so many years and took care of it utmost possible. I had an intention to use it for large lens (500mm) as it can carry immense load without fail as per the reviews online. I think, this ball head is very well engineered and is very popular in USA as I bought it there only based on reviews in nikonian forum.