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[OM] Trifles with Tripods, Part 2

Subject: [OM] Trifles with Tripods, Part 2
From: Chris Trask <christrask@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2013 06:28:59 -0700 (GMT-07:00)
     I finally got my second tripod head built to the point where I can 
experiment with it and determine if it's really worthwhile.  Biggest hurdle was 
making the part that attaches the salvaged telescope equatorial mount to the 
tripod legs, and a scrap piece of aluminum angle extrusion at the local metal 
supply shop provided a very simple solution:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/64004640@N03/8353757276/

     Adjusting the pan and elevation with the verniers makes composition easy 
with no interaction or backlash.  Now, taking a macro photo of a flower from a 
distance of eight feet is no longer the frustrating ordeal that it had been.  
And this contraption, named Frankenpod 2, weighs about the same as my Velbon 
PH-250 3-way head.

     Comments and suggestions welcome.

Chris
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