You forgot to mention that you are integrating a arca swiss compatible plate into the mount itself.
That's why I award you for the "Mounter of the year" title. -- MaritimTim My private photo blog: http://maritimtim.blogspot.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To err is human to arr is pirate ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2013/4/23 SV Hovland <pdml...@heime.org>: > Yes, both Pentax F*250-600/5.6 and FA*250-600/5.6 are f/5.6 across the range > and with autofocus. They are both expensive and difficult to get hold of, but > I got one probably because of the missing tripod mount. > > After receiving it and checking condition, I started out with FreeCAD to make > a drawing of the mount. I have never used a CAD program before and struggled > a little bit in the beginning. But after three long evenings, it was > finished. I sent the drawing file to Shapeways and got a plastic mount two > weeks later. The plastic mount is solid enough to test it on a tripod and > after some small adjustments on the drawing, I sent the files to a company > who will make it of aluminum. I am promised to have this in the week or two. > > Here are some pictures of it with the plastic mount. > http://album.heime.org/Default.aspx?albummode=Folder&albumpath=%2falbum%2fdiverse%2f250-600 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Tim Bray > Sent: Tuesday, April 23, 2013 8:04 AM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: Soccer > > Wow, excellent shots. Tell us more... F5.6 across the range? > Auto-focus? Quirks? Also, how about a picture of it? -T > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
