I used some Pliobond and glued a circle of inner tube to the top plate.
Cameras are good and secure against it and you don't even have to twist the
camera body to tighten it ;-0
John Hermanson
___________________________________
Camtech, Olympus Service since 1977.
21 South Lane, Huntington NY 11743-4714
Phone/fax 631-424-2121 http://www.zuiko.com
Free Olympus Manuals: 1-800-221-3000
___________________________________
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Couch" <spknsprkt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 2:26 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Re: Tripods.. Try Tiltall
| Inner tubes do work well. Another thing that works great is that
rubberized
| anti-slip shelf liner stuff (real techie description there) you see
around.
|
| Jim Couch
|
| John Pendley wrote:
|
| > > I have a tiltall and I hate it. I liked the legs, kind of, but
absolutely
| > > hated the head. I could never secure the camera to the head
adequately. It
| > > would always work loose at the worst time.
| >
| > Ever try a pad (friction, compressible) between the head and camera? I
| > poked a hole in a piece of cardboard and stuck in over the screw. It
works;
| > I still use a variation of that trick, even with my Bogen (because the
same
| > slippage occurs with it). I've taped a piece of cardboard, cut to size,
to
| > the QR plate. I've considered trying a piece of bicycle tire tube. A
side
| > benefit is that I never have scratches on my cameras' base plates from
| > contact with the tripod head.
| > JohnP
| >
| > < This message was delivered via the Olympus Mailing List >
| > < For questions, mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >
| > < Web Page: http://Zuiko.sls.bc.ca/swright/olympuslist.html >
|
|
|
|
| < This message was delivered via the Olympus Mailing List >
| < For questions, mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >
| < Web Page: http://Zuiko.sls.bc.ca/swright/olympuslist.html >
|
|
< This message was delivered via the Olympus Mailing List >
< For questions, mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >
< Web Page: http://Zuiko.sls.bc.ca/swright/olympuslist.html >
|