Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/02/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]> On Feb 11, 2016, at 9:21 AM, Aram Langhans <leica_r8 at hotmail.com> wrote: > > I am a big fan of my Really Right Stuff L bracket and quick release > system. I shoot most everything on a tripod if possible. I have a bit of > a shaky hand. My father-in-law shoots that way, too, but he has always > just flopped his ball head sideways for verticals. Not very > sturdy,especially with a long lens, but he has not wanted to spend the > $500+ for the RRS system. This trip, I said, why don?t we just make one > for your tripod head. So, off to the garage we went. > > At 92, he is still active, and even tried to teach me welding once a while > back. > > Here he is in action making the L bracket. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/C5/su/Welding-7792.jpg.html > > I had him send me some photos of the final product. His tripod head is > the Bogen/Manfrotto release type and I have never seen an L bracket for > that release type. Hence, the making of the bracket. Also, it was a > challenge. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/C5/su/camera+bracket-00157.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/C5/su/camera+bracket-00155.jpg.html > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/C5/su/camera+bracket-00151.jpg.html > > The design evolved as we were making it. Got one thing to work, but then > discovered another problem, and solved that. Went on for about three > iterations before we got it right. WONDER FULL illustrated story. Some of the many ways to enjoy photography: Making adapters of all sorts Working chemistry in laboratories Working with optical benches in darkrooms Making visual art Documenting the world we live in Print making of all sorts Studying nature Macro Micro Computer Graphics Pixel peeping and pushing ALL OF THE ABOVE Regards, George Lottermoser http://www.imagist.com http://www.imagist.com/blog http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist