Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/10/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Doug, Thanks for the info, I remember seeing yours and have been trying to figure out how you made it work. My shoulder stock is the later version, unfortunately. I guess Iwill have to see how it can be modified to work with the monopod. gene -------------- Original message from Douglas Herr <telyt@earthlink.net>: -------------- > Gene Duprey wrote: > > > Did you modify the shoulder stock? I can't see how you marry the > > two together. > > Gene, the shoulder stock is the first version of the 14188 which instead > of a > handgrip has a simple vertical bar. This bar has a threaded hole > originally > intended for one end of Leica's "Strap for Heavy Equipment". This is a > standard > 1/4"-thread tripod socket, where I've attached a QR plate. On top of the > monopod is is the Bogen/Manfrotto 3232 tilt head ($cheap) with a QR clamp > on top > of the 3232. > > I'd much rather use the more comfortable late-model 14188 with the monopod > but I > have yet to find a QR plate that will stay in place at the base of the > hand grip > w/o rotating at the wrong time. SK Grimes estimated $175 each for a custom > QR > plate for this shoulder stock, in a batch of four or five. Or, I could > drill a > hole in the hand grip to accomodate an anti-twist pin in the QR plate. > > > > Doug Herr > Birdman of Sacramento > http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information