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Subject: [Leica] OT: Custom tripod collar?
From: digiratidoc at gmail.com (James Laird)
Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2010 21:00:38 -0500
References: <380-2201043723100383@M2W124.mail2web.com> <q2jdaaeb97e1004071652v6fa0c6e1g466fc314e322e828@mail.gmail.com> <423E08A8-2D62-4260-AD6C-1CEC60A1E9FF@mac.com>

This is the shoulder stock in question (I must give copyright credit
to Doug 'cause he sent me the photo).

<http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/digiratidoc/GH1/monopod.jpg.html>

The stock mounts to the Telyt via a plate with a tripod screw and is
stabilized by two pins in the plate that mate with two pins on
the lens bracket . I suppose I could mount a small ball head onto the
stock plate and then the camera on top of that?

BTW, how do you delete a photo from your gallery album. I accidentally
added this one twice and now I don't know how to delete it:)

Jim

On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 7:02 PM, George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com> 
wrote:
> If rotation is crucial
> you could mount a small ball head
> (or any number of 90? pieces of hardware)
> to the pistol grip.
>
> RRS makes wonderful stuff
> < http://reallyrightstuff.com/rrs/Itemdesc.asp?ic=MH-01&eq=&Tp>
>
> Regards,
> George Lottermoser
> george at imagist.com
> http://www.imagist.com
> http://www.imagist.com/blog
> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist
>
> On Apr 7, 2010, at 6:52 PM, James Laird wrote:
>
>> Wow, that's a great idea (the srb-griturn tripod mount), but I don't
>> think there's enough room on the barrel of the Nikor 200 f4 to mount
>> the thing <http://www.kenrockwell.com/nikon/200f4ai.htm>. Maybe I
>> could just mount the GH1 on the stock? I don't think the weight of the
>> lens would be a problem at just 530 grams. Wouldn't allow for camera
>> rotation though.
>>
>> Jim
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 6:10 PM, wildlightphoto at earthlink.net
>> <wildlightphoto at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> James Laird wrote:
>>>
>>>> I have a 400mm Telyt with stock and a Leica-R adapter for my GH1, us
>>>> it and love it! It translates with crop factor to a 800 6.8 and realy
>>>> gets up close on bird shots, etc. But I've recently ordered a 200mm
>>>> f/4 Nikkor and I'd like to use the stock from my Telyt on the Nikkor.
>>>> I've heard that some companies make custom tripod collars which I
>>>> could use to attach to the stock but I'd like to know if anyone know a
>>>> way to fabricate a Tripod collar that might do the job. At over 60
>>>> years now I really need the shoulder stock to get sharp photos with
>>>> the longer lenses. Any help would be appreciated.
>>>
>>> http://www.srb-griturn.com/tripod-lens-mounts-758-p.asp
>>>
>>> Doug Herr
>>> Birdman of Sacramento
>>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com
>>>
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Replies: Reply from imagist3 at mac.com (George Lottermoser) ([Leica] OT: Custom tripod collar?)
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