Hi Moose:
Great! That was what I was talking about, I'm hooked, do you take orders?
Thanks Gord
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From: "Moose" <olymoose@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2004 7:07 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Forbidden Shutter Speeds
> Here's a picture of my adapter for a 1/4-20 tripod thread on the bottom
> of a center column
>
<http://f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/mysticmoose@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/detail?.dir=/Pho
to+Tech&.dnm=Hooksm.jpg>.
>
> Moose
>
> Jim Brokaw wrote:
>
> >on 1/1/04 10:19 AM, Gordon J. Ross at gordross@xxxxxxx wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >> I'm trying to devise a bracket
> >>that I can use on the bottom of the column to attach my carry case as
> >>ballast- any ideas on this, or is there already something I can use?
> >>
> >If the column has a thread, its probably a 1/4-20 like most tripods use
to
> >attach the head (at least in the US, I think the European standard is
> >3/8-16). Perhaps you can find an eyehook with a 1/4-20 thread. This would
be
> >made to use with a pair of nuts to hold through a hole and provide a
hook. I
> >suppose it would look like a "?" with a 1/4-20 thread at the non-curved
end.
> >You might want to use a 1/4-20 hex nut as a 'jam-nut' to hold it secure
in
> >the bottom end of the column.
> >
> >
>
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