Lama,
I'm not sure the button surround would take a knock...
Better to just butt it up to the lens mount casting with a flange to take
some anti - scratch surface treatment.
Julian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lama-Jim L'Hommedieu" <lamadoo@xxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, July 20, 2003 11:32 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] RE: 2SP Illuminator (was Plastic Lens question)
> Hi Julian,
> Making it removable for daylight- that's a great idea.
>
> I've been thinking about making it fit all the way onto the illumination
button. If it fit the collar snugly, it would triangluate
> the support much better. It might also be possible to dedicate the lug to
this thing and duplicate the socket further out.
>
> Anyway....
>
> About the heat- I'm thinking it's an LED powered project so there no heat
to speak of.
>
> Lama
>
> From: "Julian Davies" > The attachment idea looks feasible if you have
some decent brass bending
> > tools. It would need to be pretty accurate and fit really snugly to the
> > corner of the body, because that's quite a lever length to hang off one
> > screw, which isn't really in the best place for the job. Without some
extra
> > geometric support, the whole thing could be pretty fragile (at least
from an
> > alignment perspective)
> > For feasibility, wouldn't a hot - shoe mounted version on a 4 be easier?
> > (evidently ignore this if program mode is important - but then why would
one
> > need the display?)
> > One other thought. If you're planning to make this thing go bright, heat
> > control is likely to become an issue, at least for the plastic window
and
> > probably for the ends of fingers too...
> > Wouldn't it be easier to make it just bright enough for concerts, and
easily
> > removable for daylight?
>
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