Re: Some (more) photo projects.

[Greg Erker <erker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>>I'll bet I'm forgetting something, but this is a good start.    Any comments?

  Man what a busy guy! That's what happens
when you don't waste all your time on email :)

>I thought of two other projects I've worked on recently.
>
>(9) Sputnik tripod adaptor.  I have a couple of cameras with the big
>3/8 thread instead of the modern 1/4 thread.  On my way up to Baxter
>State Park, I stopped at my uncles in Portland.  He let me borrow his
>shop for an afternoon, so I made two adaptors.  Basically just a
>small tube threaded on the outside and on the inside. I have a couple
>tripod heads that have both threads, so I only need this for special
>cases.

  Around here you can buy 3/8 to 1/4 adapters
for pretty cheap. The thread all the way into
the 3/8th hole, so they aren't like the big ones
that have a knob that sits under your camera with
a 1/4-20 hole in it.


>(11) Spot meter adaptor. This was pretty simple to do, I wonder why
>more people don't do it.  I made an adaptor for my Gossen Luna Pro
>light meter to let me take spot meter readings.  The main part is a
>piece of 3/8 ID plastic tubing with a tube of shiny mylar slid
>inside.  A little frame keeps it centered over the photocell.  It's
>the same effect you would see if you looked down a toilet paper tube.
>The mylar brightens the sample, but I still lose 2 stops.  My meter
>lets me dial in a correction factor, and presto.  Perfect for the new
>modified zone system I've been using lately with great success.

  Cool idea.

Greg