Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Thanks for the heads-up Doug. I'll investigate that! Adam On Mar 26, 2012, at 9:25 PM, Doug Herr wrote: > Adam Bridge wrote: > >>>> > Still playing with the 100 APO on the NEX-7. I like what it does. There, > unfortunately, a difficulty with the camera. I hesitate to call it a > defect, but it will cause a problem for anyone wanting to use a large > heavy lens which requires the camera to be mated with a tripod. The NEX-7 > is a very thin camera, as in less than 1" I think. With the 100 APO > mounted (which weighs more than the camera does), I couldn't make a stable > mounting to the tripod. Even with the screw to the mounting plate > tightened as much as I dared centering an image was very difficult because > the lens would droop, maybe 1/2 a frame. It's not the camera body that is > bending, it's the soft rubber mounting that is being compressed by torque. > <<< > > Novoflex makes a tripod mount ring for their NEX adapters. > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information