Re: "Tripod holder/clamp

[Reg Ronaldson <reg.ronaldson@zetnet.co.uk>]

Thanks Charles for your advice on this item. I do have a focusing 
rack which seems similar to your focusing slider made by BPM in the 
UK and I know Novoflex make (or made) a similar item; very useful for 
closeup work. Also I believe SRB in UK are marketing some kind of 
universal support frame/bracket to mount awkward 
camera/bellows/lens/etc setups on tripods.

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Reg Ronaldson         Norwich
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In message <2.2.16.19970113173713.30f7a646@postoffice3.mail.cornell.edu>
        "Charles E. Love, Jr." <cel14@cornell.edu> writes: 

> Reg Ronaldson wrote:

> >
> > STA1 Tripod Clamp
> > 

> I have used my 100 2.8 Macro a great deal, and I own one of those STA1
> things.  It is worthless--the lens is very wiggly with it on.  It's made of
> cheap plastic.  I tested it once, and now it sits.  You'll do better just
> using the tripod socket on the camera.  BTW, this tripod clamp thingie is
> nearly identical to one offered by Tamron, which will fit the 100 Macro.
> But I wouldn't bother with it.  I don't know if they fit any other 
Leica lenses.

> What I use for field work with the 100 2.8 (and the Pentax 67) is a focusing
> slider made by Really Right Stuff (Kirk has a similar thing now, I think).
> This permits small adjustments in the area covered in the photograph without
> moving the tripod, and also lets you balance lens and camera over the center
> of the tripod if need be.  This does require you to have a head with an
> Arca-style clamp; it works by, in effect, sliding back and forth in a
> slightly loosened clamp.  This device is very solid--it's just about as
> rigid as the Arca clamp alone.

> Charlie
> Charles E. Love, Jr.
> CEL14@CORNELL.EDU