Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Doug, BTW, what to YOU do when you want to take a shot in portrait mode (camera rotated vertically)? Lean up against a tree?;) Jim On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 10:03 AM, James Laird <digiratidoc at gmail.com> wrote: > Doug, > > I just got to work and was checking out the Telyt mount and stock and > noticed the adjustment apparatus for the shoulder piece. On my setup > it's only adjusted about half-way out and it's comfortable for me at > that position. When the Nikkor 200 arrives I'll try and see if I can > mount the camera on the stock and adjust the stock forward enough to > be comfortable. Would be ironic if all this obsessing could have a > solution that simple;) If it works I'll be able to use that setup with > all my long lenses. SWEET! > > Jim > > On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 8:10 AM, James Laird <digiratidoc at gmail.com> > wrote: >> I really should not do this before I've had my coffee! >> >> Doug, >> >> Absolutely! >> >> I guess I could fashion a plate (or have one made) similar to the base >> plate of the Telyt but longer towards the camera end. ?Then drill or >> fashion a mounting hole near the rear of the plate for mounting a tilt >> tripod head and mount the camera on that. Would work, probably. Maybe >> DAG or RRS might HAVE such a plate or could make one. The lens is >> supposed to arrive today from KEH. I'll check it out on the GH1 and >> see. >> >> Jim >> >> On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 8:08 AM, James Laird <digiratidoc at gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> Doug, >>> >>> Absolutely! >>> >>> I guess I could fashion a plate (or have one made) similar to the base >>> plate of the Telyt but longer towards the camera end. ?Then drill or >>> fashion a mounting hole near the rear of the plate for mounting a tilt >>> tripod head and mount the camera on that. Would work, probably. Maybe >>> DAG or RRS might be such a plate or could make one. The lens is >>> supposed to arrive today from KEH. I'll check it out on the GH1 and >>> see. >>> >>> Jim >>> >>> On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 12:06 AM, Doug Herr <wildlightphoto at >>> earthlink.net> wrote: >>>> James Laird wrote: >>>> >>>>> ... I love >>>>>the way the stock works with my Telyt so much I'm just trying to >>>>>figure out how to use it with the 200. With the stock you have a much >>>>>more stable tripod-like support involving the monopod and your two >>>>>legs. It's just a LOT easier to hold the whole thing steady than with >>>>>the monopod alone. >>>> >>>> Same for me: stability plus mobility, and the weight of the rig isn't >>>> in my hands or on my neck or shoulder. ?I'd guess something like 99% of >>>> my wildlife photos in the last 8 years were made this way. >>>> >>>> Doug Herr >>>> Birdman of Sacramento >>>> http://www.wildlightphoto.com >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>> >> >