At 06:38 AM 11/25/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Dave Bulger asked:
>
>>Question: The tripod ring has a red dot on one side of the ring mount. Is
>>that red dot supposed to point towards or away from the camera?
>...
>I haven't tried turning the ring around to see why orientation makes a
>difference but suspect that you woudn't be able to mount the lens if the
>ring was turned the wrong way. If you hold the ring sideways you'll
>note that the protrusion of the foot to either side is not symmetrical.
>With the dot away from the camera, the long side of the foot would
>extend beyond the mounting flange. My assumption is that it would
>strike the body and you wouldn't be able to mount the lens.
...
It's an alignment dot. Line it up with the red dot on the lens when you put
on or take off the ring. That will match a little ridge inside the ring with
a groove on the lens.
Paul Farrar
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