Re: L-bracket

2019-03-06 Thread Henk Terhell
Great work! After switching to Arca-Swiss I've got some spare RC2 system plates ;-) Henk Op 2019-03-06 om 01:21 schreef Dale H. Cook: At 01:29 PM 2/16/2019, Dale H. Cook wrote: Does anyone know if there is a decent L-bracket for the K-70? Ricoh does not show one. The only ones that I

Re: L-bracket

2019-03-05 Thread Dale H. Cook
At 01:29 PM 2/16/2019, Dale H. Cook wrote: >Does anyone know if there is a decent L-bracket for the K-70? Ricoh does not >show one. The only ones that I have found online are generic. I am toying with >the ideas of modifying a generic bracket or making my own from aluminum stock. &g

Re: L-bracket

2019-02-18 Thread John
On 2/18/2019 12:51:55, Postmaster wrote: John wrote: On 2/15/2019 20:58:35, Larry Colen wrote: It would be trivial to design the camera with an integral arca swiss plate, just slide a cover off and there it is. Henk Terhell wrote on 2/15/19 2:28 PM: I bought the other day the Genesis Base

Re: L-bracket

2019-02-18 Thread Postmaster
John wrote: >On 2/15/2019 20:58:35, Larry Colen wrote: >>> It would be trivial to design the camera with an integral arca swiss >>> plate, just slide a cover off and there it is. >>> >>> Henk Terhell wrote on 2/15/19 2:28 PM: I bought the other day the Genesis Base PLL-K1 L-Plate for 50

Re: L-bracket

2019-02-18 Thread John
Steve, Mark's job can be compared to that of a manicurist. Yours to removing the appendix. :-D With a dull broad axe. On 2/16/2019 08:22:44, Jostein wrote: Steve, Mark's job can be compared to that of a manicurist. Yours to removing the appendix. :-D Jostein Den 16.02.2019 01:02, skrev

Re: L-bracket

2019-02-18 Thread John
How would that work for those of us who always use the battery grip? On 2/15/2019 20:58:35, Larry Colen wrote: It would be trivial to design the camera with an integral arca swiss plate, just slide a cover off and there it is. Henk Terhell wrote on 2/15/19 2:28 PM: I bought the other day the

Re: L-bracket

2019-02-16 Thread lrc
The two are not mutually exclusive. On February 16, 2019 12:07:55 PM PST, mike wilson wrote: >I'm not sure whether to find that very offensive or to wonder which is >which... > >> On 16 February 2019 at 19:48 Bob W-PDML wrote: >> >> >> Alternatively you could compare them to two surgeons -

Re: L-bracket

2019-02-16 Thread mike wilson
I'm not sure whether to find that very offensive or to wonder which is which... > On 16 February 2019 at 19:48 Bob W-PDML wrote: > > > Alternatively you could compare them to two surgeons - Jack the Ripper and > Hannibal Lecter. > > > On 16 Feb 2019, at 16:54, Postmaster wrote: > > > >

Re: L-bracket

2019-02-16 Thread Bob W-PDML
Alternatively you could compare them to two surgeons - Jack the Ripper and Hannibal Lecter. > On 16 Feb 2019, at 16:54, Postmaster wrote: > > Jostein wrote: > >> Steve, >> >> Mark's job can be compared to that of a manicurist. Yours to removing >> the appendix. :-D > > ...with a hacksaw.

Re: L-bracket

2019-02-16 Thread Dale H. Cook
Does anyone know if there is a decent L-bracket for the K-70? Ricoh does not show one. The only ones that I have found online are generic. I am toying with the ideas of modifying a generic bracket or making my own from aluminum stock. The latter would be far more work but may be the only way

Re: L-bracket

2019-02-16 Thread Postmaster
Jostein wrote: >Steve, > >Mark's job can be compared to that of a manicurist. Yours to removing >the appendix. :-D ...with a hacksaw. :-) -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly

Re: L-bracket

2019-02-16 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 16/2/19, Jostein, discombobulated, unleashed: >Mark's job can be compared to that of a manicurist. Yours to removing >the appendix. :-D I concur though perhaps post-mortem in my case ;-) -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__UK Shoot / Edit and || (O) |Live Broadcast News --

Re: L-bracket

2019-02-16 Thread Jostein
Steve, Mark's job can be compared to that of a manicurist. Yours to removing the appendix. :-D Jostein Den 16.02.2019 01:02, skrev Steve Cottrell: On 15/2/19, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: it was a simple matter to fix it. I just disassembled the bracket (two allen-head

Re: L-bracket

2019-02-15 Thread Mark Roberts
John wrote: >So what does it look like mounted on the camera? https://www.robertstech.com/temp/k1+qr10l.jpg -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the

Re: L-bracket

2019-02-15 Thread Larry Colen
Henk Terhell wrote on 2/15/19 2:28 PM: I bought the other day the Genesis Base PLL-K1 L-Plate for 50 euro. The battery is easily accessible without removing it. The whole thing feels very sturdy and compact, like it is part of the K-1. It makes me wonder why Pentax doesn't fit one on. It

Re: L-bracket

2019-02-15 Thread John
So what does it look like mounted on the camera? On 2/15/2019 16:48:52, Mark Roberts wrote: 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

Re: L-bracket

2019-02-15 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 15/2/19, Mark Roberts, discombobulated, unleashed: >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. And they

Re: L-bracket

2019-02-15 Thread Henk Terhell
already getting used to the switch from Manfrotto RC2 to Arca-Swiss system. Henk Op 2019-02-15 om 22:48 schreef Mark Roberts: 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

Re: L-bracket

2019-02-15 Thread Mark Roberts
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

Re: L-bracket

2019-01-30 Thread Henk Terhell
Thanks Ken. I see that the universal RRS l-bracket is also available here for 139 euro. A bit expensive but probably value for money. Henk Op 2019-01-28 om 17:40 schreef Ken Waller: I've used a Really Right Stuff L-bracket for several years and have had no issues with it. More expensive than

Re: L-bracket

2019-01-28 Thread Henk Terhell
Thanks a lot for the offer, Stan. But I would like to use the l-bracket already in spring and summer. So I'll buy the Genesis one which can be delivered right away and is half of its price. Wouldn't it be a nice idea to have a Dutch mini-pdml meeting so you don't feel lost in Amsterdam

Re: L-bracket

2019-01-28 Thread Stanley Halpin
I’ll be in Amsterdam in early September, could bring it to you if you can wait that long… Stan > On Jan 27, 2019, at 5:19 PM, Henk Terhell wrote: > > Thanks Stan, > I looked up the Kirk L-bracket. Looks attractive indeed. > But Kirk products are almost not offered here as far a

Re: L-bracket

2019-01-28 Thread Ken Waller
I've used a Really Right Stuff L-bracket for several years and have had no issues with it. More expensive than I had hope for but at the time it was the only one available. Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "Stanley H

Re: L-bracket

2019-01-27 Thread Henk Terhell
Thanks Stan, I looked up the Kirk L-bracket. Looks attractive indeed. But Kirk products are almost not offered here as far as I can see, so I would have to pay shipment and taxes to the Netherlands. It will be far more convenient, safer and cheaper to buy something that is available in our

Re: L-bracket

2019-01-27 Thread Stanley Halpin
Kirk makes a very solid L-bracket for the K-1. A-S compatible. Stan > On Jan 26, 2019, at 2:02 PM, Henk Terhell wrote: > > Looking for an L-bracket mainly for the K-1, I came across the Genesis Base > PLL-K1 L-Type Plate designed for the K-1, that is offered for 50 euro here. &g

Re: L-bracket

2019-01-27 Thread Jostein
Den 27.01.2019 13:22, skrev Henk Terhell: Thanks Jostein for looking and advice. I think I'll go for the Genesis L-bracket with the A-S system. Also I want to get a micro-slider later this year for focus stacking (mushrooms pics in particular). There will also be much more choice

Re: L-bracket

2019-01-27 Thread Henk Terhell
Thanks Jostein for looking and advice. I think I'll go for the Genesis L-bracket with the A-S system. Also I want to get a micro-slider later this year for focus stacking (mushrooms pics in particular). There will also be much more choice for this with A-S. Henk Op 2019-01-27 om 11:04 schreef

Re: L-bracket

2019-01-27 Thread Jostein
of ReallyRightStuff. If you need something that handles faster than the screw-knob on the QR clamp, I'd bet you could buy a lever-based clamp from RRS or one of the Chinese/Korean clones and fit it right on. Jostein Den 26.01.2019 20:02, skrev Henk Terhell: Looking for an L-bracket mainly

L-bracket

2019-01-26 Thread Henk Terhell
Looking for an L-bracket mainly for the K-1, I came across the Genesis Base PLL-K1 L-Type Plate designed for the K-1, that is offered for 50 euro here. Though I now use Manfrotto RC2 quick release systems with 200 PL plates on my two tripods, I do have a spare Genesis ballhead with pano

Re: That L bracket Igor was asking about

2017-04-30 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 30/4/17, Larry, discombobulated, unleashed: >I don't have the looks. Oi! -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__Broadcast, Corporate, || (O) |Web Video Production -- _ -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

Re: That L bracket Igor was asking about

2017-04-30 Thread P. J. Alling
Hum... On 4/30/2017 2:06 PM, Bob W-PDML wrote: That file and hacksaw can fix that On 30 Apr 2017, at 18:55, P. J. Alling wrote: I don't think Larry could be another Cotty, for one thing he's not tall enough. On 4/30/2017 11:34 AM, Stanley Halpin wrote: On Apr

Re: That L bracket Igor was asking about

2017-04-30 Thread Bob W-PDML
That file and hacksaw can fix that > On 30 Apr 2017, at 18:55, P. J. Alling wrote: > > I don't think Larry could be another Cotty, for one thing he's not tall > enough. > > > On 4/30/2017 11:34 AM, Stanley Halpin wrote: >>> On Apr 30, 2017, at 4:06 AM, Larry Colen

Re: That L bracket Igor was asking about

2017-04-30 Thread Larry
On April 30, 2017 10:34:12 AM PDT, "P. J. Alling" wrote: >I don't think Larry could be another Cotty, for one thing he's not tall > >enough. > I don't have the looks. > >On 4/30/2017 11:34 AM, Stanley Halpin wrote: >>> On Apr 30, 2017, at 4:06 AM, Larry Colen

Re: That L bracket Igor was asking about

2017-04-30 Thread P. J. Alling
I don't think Larry could be another Cotty, for one thing he's not tall enough. On 4/30/2017 11:34 AM, Stanley Halpin wrote: On Apr 30, 2017, at 4:06 AM, Larry Colen wrote: ...Now that I think of it, both of those problems are solvable with a file and a hacksaw. Oh

Re: That L bracket Igor was asking about

2017-04-30 Thread Stanley Halpin
> On Apr 30, 2017, at 4:06 AM, Larry Colen wrote: > > ...Now that I think of it, both of those problems are solvable with a file > and a hacksaw. > Oh lordy, not another Cotty! stan -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net

That L bracket Igor was asking about

2017-04-30 Thread Larry Colen
Now that I'm home, I remembered the conversation. Here are some pictures of it: https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/sets/72157680079715853 Two issues. One is that in order for the battery door to open, the vertical bit is a fair amount off the end of the camera. The other issue is that

Re: 'L' Bracket for K-3

2014-07-14 Thread Ken Waller
Been using it for years. Not on a K3. I've been using a Kirk L bracket on my K10 K20 but it doesn't work on the K3. I recall seeing the generic L plate from Manfrotto but can't remember why I discounted it. I looked at several generic L brackets on the web but they all fell short in one

Re: 'L' Bracket for K-3

2014-07-09 Thread Ralf R Radermacher
Am 17.04.14 23:08, schrieb Ken Waller: I received my 'L' bracket from Really Right Stuff - Manfrotto have something similar for their hexagonal clamp system. Been using it for years. Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio

Re: 'L' Bracket for K-3

2014-07-09 Thread Bryan Jacoby
One other supplier: there is a company (or person or something) called Mestos that sells Korean-made Arca bits on ebay. I have read good things about them. They have an L-bracket for the K-3 with vertical grip in case anybody needs one of those, model PD-K3HL. They also make an L-bracket

'L' Bracket for K-3

2014-04-17 Thread Ken Waller
I received my 'L' bracket from Really Right Stuff - www.reallyrightstuff.com - yesterday. A really nice peace, even if a little overpriced. Still allows access to all camera features and most camera body openings. RRS just put this plate into their lineup. As of now they are the only supplier

Re: 'L' Bracket for K-3

2014-04-17 Thread Jack Davis
I gather you have designs on something a bit more unbalanced. (?) I'll bet it's very well done. Jack ;-) - Original Message - From: Ken Waller kwal...@peoplepc.com To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List pdml@pdml.net Sent: Thursday, April 17, 2014 2:08:44 PM Subject: 'L' Bracket for K-3 I

FS Friday: L-bracket for K-10/20 body with attached grip

2013-09-06 Thread Stan Halpin
A couple of different discussions about L-brackets here over the last few weeks motivated me to dig into my box of miscellany. I have a Kirk BL-K10G L-bracket which is designed for the K-10 with battery grip attached, will work as well on the K-20 with grip attached. This definitely does

FS - Kirk - Universal L bracket Kirk *ist D Arca swiss plate

2009-05-08 Thread Ken Waller
* Kirk calls it the Big L - short. Must be used with Arca style quick release body plate. Lets you quickly turn from landscape to portrait orientation rather than fiddle with tripod head movement. Kirk gets $109.95 for this. I've used it for a couple of years - $65.00 USD its yours. Includes

FS - Kirk - Universal L bracket

2009-04-23 Thread Ken Waller
Kirk calls it the Big L - short. Must be used with Arca style quick release body plate. Lets you quickly turn from landscape to portrait orientation rather than fiddle with tripod head movement. Kirk gets $109.95 for this. I've used it for a couple of years - $70.00 USD its yours. Includes

FS - Kirk - Universal L bracket

2008-05-16 Thread Ken Waller
Kirk calls it the Big L - short. Must be used with Arca style quick release body plate. Lets you quickly turn from landscape to portrait orientation rather than fiddle with tripod head movement. Kirk gets $109.95 for this. I've used it for a couple of years - $75 USD its yours. Includes

FS - Kirk - Universal L bracket

2008-04-17 Thread kwaller
Kirk calls it the Big L - short. Must be used with Kirk Arca style quick release body plate. Lets you quickly turn from landscape to portrait orientation rather than fiddle with tripod head movement. Kirk gets $109.95 for this. I've used it for a couple of years - $75 USD its yours. Includes

OT: My 'L' bracket for use with the *istD

2006-01-01 Thread David Savage
G'day All, Firstly, best wishes to everyone and I hope you have a happy healthy New Year. When I met with Rob last year he had with him his neat panorama head. I was very impressed, so not long after I put one together myself. It's excellent and makes the job of stitching panoramas together