Thanks for the details.
Chuck Norcutt
On 2/10/2011 8:29 PM, usher99@xxxxxxx wrote:
> I likely wanted to forget the surcharge for the engineering. They
> charged me an extra $200 for it, which did not likely offset the
> hours of fussing with the
> design and custom fabrication. I would surmise as they would have less
> work now to make a replicate but you would have to e-mail an inquiry
> as to the price.
> They did not put in the aperture stop down pin and offered a full
> refund including all shipping costs both ways. I responded that they
> would have to pry it out of my cold dead fingers. The pin is in there
> just fine now--John did a neater job than I could for sure.
>
>
> 1) You can see the internal release tab in my images of the adapter.
> One has to reach inside it and release a tab to remove the adapter from
> an OM body.
>
> 2) They provided a half dozen self adhesive circular Teflon strips
> that fit along the outside of the adapter to cover all screw holes. I
> hadn't removed the
> protective backing yet in image 9 of my series, but you get the idea.
> It does NOT affect the registration distance.
>
> 3) I should have been clearer. Once tilted and framed one can just
> shift to obtain the other images for the pano--yes just a pano using a
> shift lens with tilt.
> The cam should be moved in the opposite dir as the same amount of the
> shift if there is something close of course to prevent parallax errors.
>
>
> 4) Yes the framing changes with the tilt, but once adjusted to one's
> liking and focused and tilted properly (read the optimum tilt from a
> graph) (I can email that to you off list) just shift away w/o
> readjusting anything else except the cam position of course if
> necessary. It is a tad fussy of course, but it works well and Dr.
> Diffraction
> can be dealt a serious blow as larger apertures can be used. It packs
> easily for trips.
>
> Rushing at Work Still, but should Have Been Clearer, Mike
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