Thanks Stan.
So both the front and back edges of the plate interfere with the camera's
baseplate sitting flat on the plate ?
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stanley Halpin" <s...@stans-photography.info>
Subject: Re: Baseplate
I just played a bit more with the RRS L-plate on the K-3.
It will take some Dremmel work to get a good tight fit.
The positioning of the tripod screw means that neither the front nor the
back lip on the plate will fit around the base of the camera. The back
edge is off by less than 1mm, the front right edge will take more work as
the lip is a bigger chunk of metal, but what remains will help to secure
the plate in position.
If you have access to a good machine shop, I would probably enlarge or
relocate the hole for the attachment screw so as to avoid doing any
trimming on the rear lip.
http://photos.stanhalpin.com/p155717848/e35d64301
stan
On Jan 20, 2014, at 12:29 AM, Ken Waller <kwal...@peoplepc.com> wrote:
Thanks for the info Mark.
I could drop them both on a scanner and scan the baseplates if that
would help.
I'd apprciate that Mark.
I'll probably get the RRS L plate for the K-5 as its appears to be the
only L plate currently available that's even close. I had a universal L
plate from Kirk that I got rid of and is no longer available.
The feature that appears to be the limiter is the forward protrusion
along the front edge of the K-3 base plate.
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark C" <pdml-m...@charter.net>
Subject: Re: Baseplate
Hi Ken -
I compared my K-5 and K-3 base plates and even tried a few measurements.
The K-3 plate is slightly longer in the side to side dimension - maybe
1/8th to 3/16th of an inch longer. The hole for the tripod mount is
about 1/16th of an inch further from the sides, so it seems to be
positioned porportionately between the two models. They seem to be the
same in general in the front to back dimension but there are minor
differences in the outline. The biggest dimensional difference between
he two cameras is in the top to bottom measure, but that does not affect
the base plate.
I could drop them both on a scanner and scan the baseplates if that
would help. My guess is that tolerances on the L bracket would have to
be very close for the size differences to matter.
HTH
Mark
On 1/15/2014 4:26 PM, Ken Waller wrote:
I'm currently seeking an 'L' bracket for my K-3 and have yet to find
one. Both Kirk & RRS don't plan on making one as of today.
An 'L' plate is avaialble for the K-5, K-5II, K-5IIS and K7 family of
bodies and I could use that plate assuming the base plate is the same
size & shape as the K-3.
Anybody have a K-3 and one of the other listed cameras that could
compare baseplates and let me know of the similarity/difference?
Thanks in advance.
Kenneth Waller
http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller
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