I see your point. :-( It doesn't appear that the 3229 could be modified either. However it looks as though you could replace the tilt head with a small QR ballhead, then you could have the correct orientation. The only purpose of the tilt is to let the lens down to rest in the cradle, since precision isn't required and you only have to adjust once when mounting a lens one of the cheap Chinese 484RC2 or 486RC2 type knockoffs should work fine.
Don > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Studdert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 6:59 PM > To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net > Subject: RE: Tele lens support > > > On 7 Feb 2006 at 17:22, Don Sanderson wrote: > > > That's because they are using the standard 3229 Tilt head > > which would normally be mounted the other way. > > It is odd but I don't think it'll be too bad. > > I already have the same plate living on the D, just a few > > seconds to turn it sideways. > > I own and use 141RC, 460Mg and 308RC heads that all share that > plate, I used to > use them all most comfortably with the long edge of the QR plate > aligned with > the camera. I currently use a semi-permanent QR L plate fixture > on my camera > body which I can't rotate, I had looked at this device in the > past and I think > that it's a great idea but I still find their choice of QR plate > orientation > strange. > > Interestingly of the six plates I own three show only one lens > direction arrow > (pointing towards the long edge of the plate), however the latest > two show two > lens direction arrows (perpendicular to each other), so I guess it's a > relatively new thing. > > > Rob Studdert > HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA > Tel +61-2-9554-4110 > UTC(GMT) +10 Hours > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ > Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998 >
