Re: slide bar medfrmt stuff FISHEYE

[Lme Kbee <jet_lk@xxxxxxxxx>]

The problem with the cable release socket is that it
(the hole for the cable release) is to big.  A normal
cable release can't screw into it.  I just put it up
to it, and it falls out.

Any thoughts?

Lincoln

--- Greg Erker <erker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >I think I figured out what happened.  I don't know
> how
> >to get a cable release for the camera since it is
> some
> >wierd size (a russian kinda thing, I suppose), and
> no
> >mater how hard I try to screw the Kiev into the
> slide
> >bar, it is still loose.  I think that I probably
> >caused some "toe out" to happen on the second shot.
> >
> >Any idea on how to solve this problem?
> >
> >Lincoln
> 
>   Toe out would definitely hurt the
> eyes.
> 
>   What kind of cable release does
> it need?  It doesn't perhaps have
> a threaded ring around the shutter
> button to take a Leica adapter like
> I use on my Ricoh 225 TLRs?
> 
>   As far as your camera rotating
> due to a small tripod screw spot.
> I had the same problem with my fisheye
> 66 camera. The tripod mount area is
> a 0.625" circle of metal that sticks
> about 3mm below the camera body.
> So I cut out a square of thin plywood
> and drilled a .625" hole in it and
> attached the plywood to the camera with
> some screws. Now the tripod head grips
> on a much larger area.
> 
>   For your Kiev perhaps you could do the
> same thing but without screwing it to
> your camera. The friction of the wood
> to the camera body might be more than
> enough to prevent rotation.
> 
> Greg E.
> 


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