Re: tripod sockets

[Tom Deering <tmd@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 11/12/99, rod sage wrote:
>Tom Deering wrote:
>> Ah, I thought of that, too.  I have a Lubital that's like that.  I
>> figured the Kiev would be better made.  What were they thinking when
>> they put these little postage stamp bases on their cameras?
>
>I know that Rolleiflex's, Yashica's and many other TLR's have a small
>raised socket and four raised feet in the corners of the base. The only
>way to use these is on a tripod with a large platform about 3"x3". My
>Horizon 202'S had a small raised socket. I simply unscrewed the the
>button from the socket and they are now usable.


Yes, but the Lubitel is the worst.  That little nub is only about the 
size of a dime.  My Yashicas and Ricohflexi are more like a half 
dollar.  I have made several pieces of 3x3 acrylic for this purpose, 
although that doesn't leave much of the tripod screw left.  On my 
siamesed Lubitels, I mounted a piece of 1/4 aluminum between the 
existing sockets.

Tom