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Subject: [OM] Re: Gitzo Rational 2 head
From: Skip Williams <om2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 16:38:58 -0400
Cc: edunbar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
It's a lock to hold a cable release and fire the camera from the tripod control 
arm.

Skip

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Subject: [OM] Gitzo Rational 2 head
   From: "Earl Dunbar" <edunbar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
   Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 22:53:44 -0400
     To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx

>
>I just received a used but highly useable Gitzo Rational No. 2 #270 head  
>(3-way panning) purchased off THAT site.  Everything seems to be in order, but 
>there are a couple of bits I don't understand.
>
>One of the panning control handles has two bits through which the handle rod 
>passes.  One is a cylinder about 2cm long, and the rod passes through it 
>perpindicular to the cylinder's long dimension.  There are two set screws on 
>the cylinder, one which can lock it into place on the rod.  The other is a 
>sort of truncated cone shape, like the top of a volcano one of those 
>cone-shaped straw hats.  The rod passes through it axially and there is no way 
>to secure it, i.e. it is free to slide up and down the rod.
>
>Anyone have a clue?  I have a jpg of the head which I downloaded off 
>cameras.com I can send out if anyone needs something better than my clumsy 
>description.
>
>Earl
>
>
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