Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/01/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If the lens is sufficiently long/heavy, couldn't this cause a twisting of the motor/camera body? I seem to remember something about levers and fulcrums from high school physics and your description seems to describe one. At 03:42 PM 1/9/97 -0800, you wrote: >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 > > Brian Levy, J.D. Agincourt Ont. dlevy@worldy.com