Help! What am I doing wrong?
I have an Intrepid 4x5 that has a 1/4” and 3/8” tripod mount. My tripod head is a Bogen Manfrotto 3047 with a hexigonal plate with a 1/4” screw. I cannot seem to get it to stay on the camera.
Help! What am I doing wrong?
I have an Intrepid 4x5 that has a 1/4” and 3/8” tripod mount. My tripod head is a Bogen Manfrotto 3047 with a hexigonal plate with a 1/4” screw. I cannot seem to get it to stay on the camera.
"One of my favorite things about the black and white darkroom is you can come in with a bunch of negatives and leave with a bunch of positives." - Mat Marrash, "The Joy of Printing."
Turn the knob for the 1/4” screw and then turn the larger knob to snug it tight.
Keith Pitman
Tried that in that order. It's as if the screw doesn't want to take to the threads. Too big for the 3/8th, too small for the 1/4th. It's a new hexagonal plate, claiming to be 1/4th"
"One of my favorite things about the black and white darkroom is you can come in with a bunch of negatives and leave with a bunch of positives." - Mat Marrash, "The Joy of Printing."
Threads may be damaged
Use new hardware store
Bolts and nuts
Or eBay
Or anyplace you can get test parts
Cheap
Tin Can
Try a known 1/4” bolt in it. That will diagnose whether it’s the thread or the hole.
Lachlan.
You miss 100% of the shots you never take. -- Wayne Gretzky
Yet another Intrepid problem????????? Maybe we should start a list.
Yep. Try 1/4" and 3/8" bolts from the hardware store to see if the threads are ok. If not, contact Intrepid.
On a related note, there are much better quick release systems than Manfrotto's hex plates. The first tripod I ever bought, a Bogen (now Manfrotto), came with a hex plate head. I struggled with it for years. It's hard to keep the camera from spinning, and the plates don't always seat in the head even though the clamp mechanism closes. These days Arca compatible plates/clamps/heads have become so inexpensive that I highly recommend moving to that system. It will save a lot of pain. I'd get one that either uses both the 1/4" and 3/8" mounting holes, or one with a lip that will go against the ledge of the Intrepid mounting plate. Either option means that the camera will not spin on the plate, and you don't have to use a lot of force on the Intrepid mounting plate. It's thin, and I expect that threads are easily stripped.
“You often feel tired, not because you've done too much, but because you've done too little of what sparks a light in you.”
― Alexander Den Heijer, Nothing You Don't Already Know
I have standardized on the Manfrotto hex plate for all my large cameras and tripod heads. However, I only mount them directly to the cameras after counter-sinking for the appropriate flat head machine screw. On the 8x10s, Toyo 810m and Calumet C1, I drill and counter-sink a second hole so the plate is secured by both a 3/8"16 and a 1/4"20. This increases the strength and prevents any twisting. I made up Hex plate adapters with mounts for Arca Swiss type plates for my smaller cameras.
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