It would end up quite expensive Godfrey. I'm going to try to do it with what I have. The one thing that definitely has to be done is the bubble on the tripod has to be replaced, it died in the cold a few years ago. I have to get an original or it won't fit. Or at least find a bubble with a perfectly flat underside, parallel with the top, so I can cement it onto the dead one. It may not be easy to get the old one out.
Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > On Jul 11, 2006, at 9:50 AM, Don Williams wrote: > > >> The newer version (475) of the Tripod I have (075) has click stops on >> the leg supports. This makes it very easy to set the three legs the >> same >> distance out. I've made a gauge from a piece of scrap steel. It goes >> into the tube and each support is closed until it stops; then the >> thumb >> nut is tightened. Its very easy to do -- but a click stop would be >> nice. >> I thought of drilling holes for pins, but that would weaken the >> supports. Why do I want to do this? I'm planning small panoramas. >> > > Buy a Manfrotto 3502 Compact Levelling Head ... get the leg lengths > close, then level the platform that your panorama head sits on. > > <http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home? > O=productlist&A=details&Q=&sku=203536&is=REG&addedTroughType=categoryNav > igation> > or > http://tinyurl.com/9oz6c > > Godfrey > > -- Dr E D F Williams www.kolumbus.fi/mimosa/ http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams/ 41660 TOIVAKKA – Finland - +358400706616 -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
