B+H advertise a 49 to72mm step up adapter.....for about $6. Could this not be
adapted/machined to fit?
The problem for a manufacturer would be that the market is extremely limited
and to the cost of manufacture must be added profit, distribution costs, etc.
Regards
John Duggan,
Wales, UK
--- On Wed, 2/9/09, Sawyer, Edward <Ed.Sawyer@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Wow, what an profiteering wanker!
> Hopefully it won't sell. He has an 18mm cap for an equally
> stupid price. Sadly, the last tosser who pimped a 49-72 for
> $99 or something actually sold it I think, after buying it
> for $18 BIN. I posted about that a while back IIRC.
>
> Someone really needs to get these remade, which would drop
> the bottom out of the overpriced current market for them. I
> bet in quantities of 100+ they would be under $5/ea to make,
> maybe way less than that.
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