Well with the advice I've received here I think I may be able to get this surveyor's tripod idea going. But after some study it seems I need to be on the lookout against the top patform not being flat. Apparantly there are some out there that claim to be flat, but are bowed upwards in the middle. Anyway, I just finished my Horseman modification. What do you see missing? The big heavy L arm on the back standard. Of course I lose some movements. But what good are they when you can't even get the thing out in the field without a fork lift? This is the adapter plate I designed in Freecad and made on my Ender 3. This one is the prototype proof. It's only 3 millimeters thick, but I needed to make sure all the screwholes lined up. The actual one is 10 millimeters thick. What pleased me to no end is that the M3-5 screw threads in the smaller holes actually printed. At least good enough for the job. I'm sure the threads are not very good. You have to fight the screw a little to get it started straight and not in a cross-thread. But after a few turns the screws went right down as snug as they can me. Here you see the camera atop my Leitz Tiltall, which is all I've had for 46 years. The lens is a Baush and Lomb 8x10 12-in Tessar in a Betax #4 shutter. I'll be shooting X-ray film. I think I can be happy enough. Those raggedy bellows are not very pretty. But they work. PS, the back standard is not tilted back. I guess the cell phone shot is at fault.
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