p.1 #1 · Looking for a arca swiss clamp spacer....
I just got a stroboframe macro bracket and I think its wonderful. I have one small problem with it however... I want to attach a Kirk arca swiss clamp to the camera attachment section but need to align it so that I can use it with the foot on my 200mm f4 micro. It turns out that I cannot turn the knob to lock the clamp in this direction however. Does anyone know of something that may make a good 1-2" spacer between my clamp and the base of the stroboframe ? I hope this is even remotely clear to someone...... and happy holidays.
Darren C
dgcrane
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Dec 06, 2007 at 05:29 AM
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p.1 #2 · Looking for a arca swiss clamp spacer....
Pictures would help....
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Dec 06, 2007 at 07:41 PM
dgcrane Offline Buy and Sell: On
p.1 #3 · Looking for a arca swiss clamp spacer....
yes your right....
Here is my pathetic attempt for a photo at work :
as you can see, I will not be able to turn the closing clamp knob since it is sitting on the cork of my bracket.... (actually it will not even attach)
The photo is not my actual setup, just grabbed a couple of photos off the net.
I am thinking a riser piece of plywood or something although, that will be a little cheesy looking.....
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Dec 06, 2007 at 07:41 PM
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p.1 #4 · Looking for a arca swiss clamp spacer....
Have you thought about rotating the clamp 180 degrees? So that the knob is pointing UP.
Or, if that clamp is supposed to be on the bottom of the camera, rotate 90 degrees so the knob is out the back.
Otherwise, I need a better picture to demonstrate the problem.
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Dec 06, 2007 at 08:23 PM
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p.1 #5 · Looking for a arca swiss clamp spacer....
Yes the clamp is supposed to be on the bottom of the camera. If I rotate the clamp 180 degrees, I have the same problem....
If I rotate the clamp 90 degrees, then the lens foot will not fit in, since the clamp is not pointing in the right direction. Please try and envision my photo WITHOUT the camera attached. Its the only one I could find.
Darren
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Dec 06, 2007 at 08:32 PM
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p.1 #6 · Looking for a arca swiss clamp spacer....
Ah, I understand now...you're attaching to a lens foot, not directly to the camera (as in the picture)...and it's going on the bottom rather than the side.
Did I get that all right?
So, why not attach to the bottom of the camera rather than the lens foot?
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Dec 06, 2007 at 08:49 PM
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p.1 #7 · Looking for a arca swiss clamp spacer....
I believe the lens is much more secure and possibly less vibration when connected to the lens foot as opposed to the body. For high mag. macro, this is important to me...
and yup you got it all right
Darren
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Dec 06, 2007 at 08:52 PM
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p.1 #8 · Looking for a arca swiss clamp spacer....
Or, how about attaching a dovetail to the flash braket and using one of these...
...to link the two together. These two clamps are attached and can rotate.
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Dec 06, 2007 at 08:55 PM
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p.1 #9 · Looking for a arca swiss clamp spacer....
dgcrane wrote:
I believe the lens is much more secure and possibly less vibration when connected to the lens foot as opposed to the body. For high mag. macro, this is important to me...
and yup you got it all right
Oh, so you're planning to mount this on a tripod rather than handhold it?
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Dec 06, 2007 at 08:56 PM
dgcrane Offline Buy and Sell: On
p.1 #10 · Looking for a arca swiss clamp spacer....
exactly, thanks I forgot that..
Darren
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Dec 06, 2007 at 08:56 PM
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p.1 #11 · Looking for a arca swiss clamp spacer....
...attached to my lens foot, or L-bracket (with an adapter bar), to mount two flash heads. Probably a little more expensive than your setup, but it works very well with my MT-24EX dual flash.
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Dec 06, 2007 at 08:59 PM
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p.1 #12 · Looking for a arca swiss clamp spacer....
... I just got this stroboframe yesterday and its more then enough for what I will be doing. just need to figure out this minor hurdle at 1/5 of the price, I will rig something up for it....
Darren
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Dec 06, 2007 at 09:02 PM
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p.1 #13 · Looking for a arca swiss clamp spacer....
RRS shows my setup in their PDF catalog on page 20.
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Dec 06, 2007 at 09:04 PM
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p.1 #14 · Looking for a arca swiss clamp spacer....
Good luck. If that dual clamp idea doesn't do the trick I'm not sure where you would get the part you need.
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Dec 06, 2007 at 09:10 PM
dgcrane Offline Buy and Sell: On
p.1 #15 · Looking for a arca swiss clamp spacer....
... I just got this stroboframe yesterday and its more then enough for what I will be doing. just need to figure out this minor hurdle