John P
Usually on a different wavelength
...that is the question.
I've made a small bracket which screws into the socket on the tripod ring of my Sigma 180 macro.
The bracket allows me to attach the camera to either of the two straps I use and to attach a monopod to the bracket at the correct position as regards balance.
The whole lot is attached by a single screw which sometimes comes loose enough to allow it all to swing around about 180°, this is annoying rather than worrying.
I could fix the problem quite easily by fitting the equivalent of a video pin/screw, but this would involve tapping a thread into the footring. I'm quite capable of doing this but I can't quite make myself do it. I've made all sorts of different brackets for digiscoping but they've never involved mutilating any actual camera equipment I've bought.
I'm not likely to sell this lens on, I don't chop and change my equipment, just replace it when necessary, so my reluctance to drill this thing is completely irrational. I think I just need convincing to do it.
Would you tap an extra hole into a tripod foot ring?
I've made a small bracket which screws into the socket on the tripod ring of my Sigma 180 macro.
The bracket allows me to attach the camera to either of the two straps I use and to attach a monopod to the bracket at the correct position as regards balance.
The whole lot is attached by a single screw which sometimes comes loose enough to allow it all to swing around about 180°, this is annoying rather than worrying.
I could fix the problem quite easily by fitting the equivalent of a video pin/screw, but this would involve tapping a thread into the footring. I'm quite capable of doing this but I can't quite make myself do it. I've made all sorts of different brackets for digiscoping but they've never involved mutilating any actual camera equipment I've bought.
I'm not likely to sell this lens on, I don't chop and change my equipment, just replace it when necessary, so my reluctance to drill this thing is completely irrational. I think I just need convincing to do it.
Would you tap an extra hole into a tripod foot ring?