Thanks for the ifno Christian. I'll make one myself.
Cheers,
Ronald
Christian wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: "Ronald Arvidsson"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <pentax-discuss@pdml.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 2:50 AM
Subject: Re: PESO - not a skimmer
Hi Christian,
Do you have any picutre of the ballhead-frying pan pod? How did you
mount the ballhead to the frying pan -? Sounds really interesting!
:-) no picture of the pod, but I'll post one soon. It was really
quite simple. 1. Buy a really nice 10" heavy-duty aluminum skillet
pan (not one with a long handle; it has two small handles) for about
US$30. 2. Drill a hole dead center. 3. Get a short carriage bolt,
several large flat washers, a couple of lock washers and one nut for
about US$5. 4. Stick the bolt and one large washer through the bottom
of the pan, another large washer, a lock washer on the bolt and
tighten it all with the nut. 5. The tripod head then threads on to
the bolt. Instant ground pod.
Here was my inspiration:
http://www.naturescapes.net/store/product.php?productid=41&cat=19&page=1
my home-made job beats the $125 Greg charges for his. The funny thing
is, the other photogs in the workshop had a laugh about my pod until
Greg told him his prototype was exactly what I had built.... :-)
Christian