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From: "Ronald Arvidsson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <pentax-discuss@pdml.net>
Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2005 2:50 AM
Subject: Re: PESO - not a skimmer
Hi Christian,
Do you have any picutre of the ballhead-frying pan pod? How did you mount
the ballhead to the frying pan -? Sounds really interesting!
:-) no picture of the pod, but I'll post one soon. It was really quite
simple. 1. Buy a really nice 10" heavy-duty aluminum skillet pan (not one
with a long handle; it has two small handles) for about US$30. 2. Drill a
hole dead center. 3. Get a short carriage bolt, several large flat washers,
a couple of lock washers and one nut for about US$5. 4. Stick the bolt and
one large washer through the bottom of the pan, another large washer, a lock
washer on the bolt and tighten it all with the nut. 5. The tripod head then
threads on to the bolt. Instant ground pod.
Here was my inspiration:
http://www.naturescapes.net/store/product.php?productid=41&cat=19&page=1
my home-made job beats the $125 Greg charges for his. The funny thing is,
the other photogs in the workshop had a laugh about my pod until Greg told
him his prototype was exactly what I had built.... :-)
Christian
