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Re: [OM] Manfrotto (Bogen) tripod head adapter plate

Subject: Re: [OM] Manfrotto (Bogen) tripod head adapter plate
From: Jez.Cunningham@xxxxxxxxxx
Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 09:08:58 +0100
Cc: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sounds stupid but have you read the manual?  The Manfrotto head I bought 
had a COMBINED 1/4 and 3/8 screw - the 3/8 is a tube that is spring 
mounted around the 1/4 so it just slides down out of the way when you 
screw it into a 1/4 hole!  Clever!
br
jez



>OM - content... I've just bought a manfrotto (bogen) 460mg 3 way
>head to put my OM4 on.  The female scRew fitting on the bottom OF
>the head is larger than the standard male tripod to camera
>fitting so I need an adapter plate which bolts onto the tripod
>and gives a suitable male screw size to fit the head.  I'm
>guessing this would be a 1/4" to 3/8" adapter. Does anybody know
>of a supplier - I've had no luck so far in the UK.
>
>thanks
>Ian
>

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