Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1996/12/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> >I'd like to be able to use M bodies on a tripod but I can't get on with > >the tripod socket being at the end. > > Joe, I know hat Bogen makes some big platform heads that have a T shaped > slot milled in them allowing the camera mounting screw to slide anywhere > within the T. Damn that was a long sentence. Go to your local Bogen dealer > and try one of those out. By sliding the screw to the bottom of the T and > orienting the film plane along the vertical axis of the T your Leica will > sit squarely on the platform. I should have been a technical writer. IMHO, > though, the M cameras sit pretty solid atop any tripod whose platform is at > least as wide as the base is thick. I always wondered why people ask for such adaptors. I never had any trouble with the Nikon MD12 and my SLRs fixed on a tripod. Now I know why: I have a Bogen tripod (called "Manfrotto" in Europe) and always thought it was normal to have such a broad baseplate with a T-slot. Stefan - -- Stefan Kahlert, Medizinische Poliklnik der Universitaet Bonn uzs13b@uni-bonn.de