I am using a similar extruded aluminum rail in interchangeable lengths at 48 inches and 72 inches as my Optical rail for a 20x24 camera.. They have a slide mechanism available with a brake on it that will act as the rail clamp and a tripod mount.. .. The manufacture I am using is Bosch.. It is a great set up.., light weight and yet precision... I am also using a one slot extrusion as the bottom of the front and rear standard... you could also use it as the arms on the front and rear standard should you so desire.. John Cremati ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 09, 2002 8:55 AM Subject: [Cameramakers] Cage Camera
> I saw a very intersting idea on this forum about a "cage camera". That got me thinking about the Aluminum extrusions we sometimes use for rapid prototyping of fixtures for an assembly line that I used to write software for. Kind of like a grown-mans erector set on steroids. It would be trivial to make a frame for a camera back and a sliding front standard. See http://www.framingtech.com/ for some examples of things made with this product. The resulting camera would be heavy but then it seems that it could be an asset in the situations (ie, high wind) that it could be used in. Plus, with a few twists of some thumbscrews the whole thing could be dissassembled in a few seconds. _______________________________________________ Cameramakers mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://rmp.opusis.com/mailman/listinfo/cameramakers
