Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]http://nemeng.com/leica/011c.shtml Lists an alternative to the STA-1. It isn't priced for the feint of heart though. John Collier On Sunday, September 14, 2003, at 05:03 PM, DentKimTerry@cs.com wrote: > Jim. I made a tripod mount for my 80-200mm lens (current model) out of > the > STA-1 tripod mount which was made for the 100mm f2.8 APO macro lens. > It fits on > nicely with only a small modification. A small notch (1/8") must be > cut in it > in 2 places to make room for the red dot near the aperture ring. It > works and > allows rotation from horz. to vert. but is not rock solid. They are > hard to > find though as Leica discontinued the STA-1 some time ago. Terry Dent > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html