Wanderlust 4x5 P&S

[Tin Can]

Great stuff, but also more money I don't need to spend. However it is just a hole.

Why not?

[Larry Kellogg]

Does that protruding screw on the bottom of the plate make it hard to attach it to the quick release plate of certain tripods? I'm thinking about the Ballhead-X for the Gorillapod.

[Kuzano]

Here's one thing that will be a bit annoying. The Blik rangefinder covers two cold shoes, and the viewfinder takes one, leaving no place for a bubble level. Do they make cold shoe extenders that would stick out from under the Blik allowing me to mount my bubble level?

Looking at it from a solution rather than problem perspective, one could mount the bubble level to a plate that fits the shoe... Resin... and stick the plate in from the front of the shoe and have the bubble level in front of the range finder.

Now at this point, the problem thinker would interject that the bubble level obscures one of the range finder windows... To which the solution person would say... AHaaa...but not if you put an "L", or dogleg bend in the plate that holds the bubble level and inserts into the shoe spot. The dogleg would be beyond the flat of the back and position down low over the cone, out of the way of the rangefinder windows.

The Blik may seem a bit long for an external rangefinder, but it focuses better than a shorter rangefinder.

Now, it occurs to me that there could be yet another approach to this situation. How about a dogleg plate to mount the Blik UP and Back a bit to move it behind and over the bubble level, and (bonus) closer to the shooters eye. That's another way to go....While mounting the bubble level directly in one of the cold shoes on the camera.

A problem thinker looks at the locations of the cold shoes as a fixed location, thus a prolem. The solution thinker looks at the 3 fixed cold shoes as an opportunity to hang three items on top of the camera, not necessarily right where the shoes exist. I suspect it would be easy to make a fairly "Universal TravelWide accessory bracket", a simple plate, no drilling needed, in order to place accessories BOTH in front or behind the shoe and to also raise or lower the accessory relative to the shoe.

A set of brackets may include two of the dogleg plates and one straight plate.

Now a problem seeking buyer might say, Nah!!! that won't work (for me). While a solution seeker might respond with, "Wow Lars, Your Pretty creative, How long did it take you to think of that?" to which I would respond (smart ass grin that you cannot see over the internet) About 5 minutes. First came visualizing the fix, then thinking how to make the bracket.

Now,,, before I make yet another enemy, Larry Kellog, I do not intend this to be a reflection on you. You would have eventually figured all this out. Remember, we have seven month to work all these out before we are going to have in our hands, one of the best things, that has happened (at least to me) in 20+ years of shooting large format.

Thanks again guys.

[Tin Can]

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[Larry Kellogg]

Lol.

[Larry Kellogg]

I'm hoping we only have four or five months to figure out these problems. ;-) I'm going to need a bracket for a hand warmer if I have to wait until December.

[Tin Can]

Ya, what if they deliver early. I will be lost wondering...

I'm hoping we only have four or five months to figure out these problems. ;-) I'm going to need a bracket for a hand warmer if I have to wait until December.

[Ben Syverson]

We would like to be early! Some of it is out of our hands (mold production), but I would say that December is our most pessimistic estimate. We're trying our hardest to under-promise and over-deliver. It's a constant challenge.

Have you heard that rule of thumb for estimates you get from contractors? You double their number, and then move it to the next time scale. So if they say it'll take four hours, it'll take eight days. I'm slowly learning to self-apply that formula.

[zuiko90]

A question about a 90mm f6.8 Angulon filter size.
My sample appears to be about 40mm by measuring across the diameter. I've never come across a 40mm filter thread size. Could it be perhaps 41.5mm?
This 90 looks to be quite old.

[Jon Shiu]

A question about a 90mm f6.8 Angulon filter size.
My sample appears to be about 40mm by measuring across the diameter. I've never come across a 40mm filter thread size. Could it be perhaps 41.5mm?
This 90 looks to be quite old.

40.5mm, but you can add a step-up ring

Jon