Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/01/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 04:22 AM 1/9/97 -0500, you wrote: >Anybody know what the "Tripod holder R4 14284" is? The ad says it's >"for use with motor and long lens." > >If it's a tripod collar for long lenses, I might want to buy it -- I >got the Kirk's catalog looking for an adjustable one of these and they >didn't have any that I saw. > > It basically offsets the tripod mount in the bottom of the motor or (winder) to be forward so there is better balance when using a heavy lens (a lens without an integral tripod mount.) It has a screw that screws into the threaded hole in the bottom of the motor and a screw that screws into the threaded hole on the front of the motor and a piece that protrudes forward with a threaded hole where you now screw-in your tripod head. It simply gives you a new tripod mounting hole forward of the original hole. Jim