Re: Sputnik and AS&S

[Paul Talbot <ptww@xxxxxxxxx>]

Greg Erker quoted and wrote:
> 
> >The other day I was over at Ernie Rairdin's house having a look
> >at his Sputnik. He had a dandy little adapter screw that converted
> >his tripod mounting hole from 3/8-16 threads to 1/4-20 threads.
> >Does anyone on this list know where I can get one? His seemed to
> >be a standard product so I don't want to have one made if I can
> >help it.
> 
>   Our two real camera stores in Saskatoon both
> carry them. 75cents (CDN) at one and about $2
> at the other (last time I checked).

I had to pay $4.95 (plus tax) yesterday for one at a local
camera shop.  Comparing to Greg's price, it's an example of
why I find it difficult to support the local camera shops here.
Austin is not usually an expensive market for most products,
but for  photography-related items it seems very bad to me.

Just had to vent a little...now back to more substantive stuff

Now that I have the adapter, is there a place to get a
1/4-20 replacement for the little bolt thingy that holds
the case to the camera?

(The one that comes with the case screws in to the tripod
socket, and allows a 3/8-16 tripod bolt to screw in the
other end.  So the replacement would need to be a "bolt
thingy" that is 1/4-20 male on one end and 1/4-20 female
on the other end.)

Does anyone shoot with the Spud case on the camera?  It
seems as though the flip-down part of the case would have
to be bent back a good bit to ensure it stays out of the
picture.  Wouldn't that soon wear out and break the case?

Thanks,
Paul Talbot