--- Alan Zinn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 05:08 PM 9/23/2002 -0700, you wrote: > >I'm playing with a design for little 120 film swing > >lens panoramic camera, based very roughly on the ...snip... > You need very little effort to move a balanced > pivoting lens. A light spring > or elastic with an adjustable tensioner will work > except for slow speeds. > For slower speeds manual with a lever works better > than you might think. ...snip...
Ah. That's a good way of thinking about it: I could use a lever attached to the pivot point with a peg on the other end, and a rubber band from the peg to a peg on the camera to swing the lever. I like it; I'll set up some models and play with it. Thanks, - p __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Cameramakers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://rmp.opusis.com/mailman/listinfo/cameramakers
