Attributions are somewhat confused, but I think Moose wrote:
>> Check out the 3275 (410). It may look awkward to move rapidly, but it
>> isn't. The QR plates are odd, but cheap and sturdy.
I rather like the 410 quick release plates, and have put them on
EVERYTHING.
It's true that they're rather clunky for a small camera, but if you're
at all handy, it's actually fairly easy to make your own with aluminum
bar stock, a table saw with a good carbide blade, and a drill press. I
probably have the dimensions around somewhere, if anyone is
interested. When I make these, I also put a 1/4x20 hole in it, so you
can mount it to a standard tripod if you want.
I put them on a pair of Bose patio speakers in Veggie Van Gogh. When
we set up camp and want some music outside, I just pop them off and
pop them on tripods outside. (Bit hard to see, but this is the only
photo I could find with a speaker in it.)
http://www.bytesmiths.com/wiki/Image:Bunk_Bottom.jpg
I even put one of these plates on a Kodak Carousel. It made it MUCH
easier to set up for classes to pop the projector on the top of a
sturdy tripod, the use the geared head to line it up on the screen
with no keystoning, rather than futz with the legs of the projector
for leveling.
I also put them on a TCON-300 for quick connection to an E-20, photos
at:
http://tinyurl.com/2tg47b
(Scroll down a bit to the first reply. For some reason, dpreview
screwed up my links in my original message.)
With the home-brew aluminum mounts, this quick-release is pretty much
a "poor man's RRS".
:::: You know you have reached perfection of design not when you have
nothing more to add, but when you have nothing more to take away. --
Antoine de'Exupery
:::: Jan Steinman <http://www.Bytesmiths.com>
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