I just got an L-bracket for my K-1. I picked up a new old stock Three Legged Thing QR10-L for a great price: $39.00
It worked acceptably as-is but the base plate covered the battery door slightly, necessitation the loosening of the bracket with every battery change. Annoying. But it was a simple matter to fix it. I just disassembled the bracket (two allen-head bolts), sawed off 5mm of the bottom plate, drilled extra depth into the bolt holes, tapped with the proper thread and reassembled. Nuthin' to it. Obviously, the end I sawed off no longer has that beautiful anodized finish, but it's hidden when the bracket is assembled so it's no big deal. Snapshots here: https://www.robertstech.com/temp/TLTQR10L.jpg The bad news is that the QR10-L is discontinued and its replacement, the QR11-L mounts the vertical part of the bracket *on top* of the base plate rather than bolted to the end, as with the QR10-L (see B&H's web page: https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1284442-REG/3_legged_thing_qr10_l_100mm_l_bracket_release.html) so this trick won't work with the current product. So if this seems like a good solution to you you're going to have to scramble and find an old QR10-L. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
