Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/02/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]This is just so cool on so many levels! I hope I age like that. Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> YNWA > On 11 Feb 2016, at 16:21, 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. > > Comments welcome > > Aram > > > > Aram Langhans > (Semi) Retired Science Teacher > & Unemployed photographer > > ?The Human Genome Project has proved Darwin more right than Darwin himself > would ever have dared dream.? James D. Watson > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information