Does the screws have european threads or english?
Does the screws have european threads or english?
Tripod screws are some kind of imperial thread. I have not yet found a source for a tap in europe and for single use I'm not going to risk customs.
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They are most common in the EU and USA. (Yep, even on my British motorcycles.) You don't need a tap if you use the fasteners I suggested earlier. Where is my friend Randy Moe when I need backup?
Tripod thread sizes originated in Europe or Britain. They are universal everywhere!
1/4" X 20 and 3/8" x 16.
If you worry about choosing one of the two, then get 3/8" x 16 and the common thread reducers to 1/4 x 20 and be happy.
Last edited by Jac@stafford.net; 27-Jan-2018 at 10:05.
I have my pinhole version almost ready. In the mean time I have ordered a lens tool so I can put my 65mm lens on a home made lensboard. Then I can start contructing camera nr2 with the lens. And the saga continues....
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Even at the hyperfocal point, and you used a medium f-stop, the focus is barely acceptable (for smaller enlargments), but not optimum... Take a smaller format SLR camera (like a 60mm on a 35mm or 6X6 SLR) and put on a FL close to what you are mounting on the new camera (65mm???), and walk around focusing it critically on a # of scenes and see what you see/shoot with a roll of film...
I think a camera should have at least some focusing capability, as "hyperfocal" means to me (in practice) that that things in the near front and behind the focus point will be in good focus, with a variable gradual fall-off close and further away , or the camera will be kinda a "one trick pony", instead of having a range to handle a variety of shooting situations...
Another focusing option is fixed mounting on the front, but the back moves outward... Technical cameras have the rear tilt feature where the rear slides out on rods etc, but if that were on threaded rods, one could turn or slide the back adjustment so the camera would set default at infinity closed, but could be extended as needed, and maybe even some back tilt could be added... Some sliding/locking rods, threaded rods with knobs, or even flat slotted brackets with a hold down knob can be used easily, and common hardware store items... Does not have to be super precise, as this is basically a LF camera with some slop factor within... (Fear not...)
Look at back tilt options on many older cameras for ideas...
Good luck!!!
Steve K
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