On 26 Mar 2006 at 22:43, Paul Stenquist wrote: > I understand the two-axis rail as a means for locating the camera at > the nodal point. Is the purpose of the L bracket to allow for vertical > placement of the camera? I can see how that would be nice in terms of > being able to achieve a larger vertical dimension.
Yes, and it's been designed specifically for the *ist D with the appropriate offset to ensure that the lens axis lines up with the centre of rotation. I leave it attached to the camera mostly, it provides a good extra handle and since it has two QR shoes a very quick method to swap from horizontal to vertical format without altering any tripod settings, the slide is optional (it has a QR top and bottom too). 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
