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From: Peter Bennett on 27 Mar 2010 19:43
On Sat, 27 Mar 2010 09:18:56 -0700, Jim Thompson
<To-Email-Use-The-Envelope-Icon(a)On-My-Web-Site.com> wrote:

>On Sat, 27 Mar 2010 09:03:50 -0700, Peter Bennett
><peterbb(a)somewhere.invalid> wrote:
>

>>Could you put the object-to-be photographed on a board supported at an
>>angle - then you wouldn't have to point the camera straight down - and
>>you could select the angle to keep the tripod legs out of the picture.
>
>That would work for those pieces that didn't want to slide.

Use poster putty or somesuch to hold the thing in place.
>
>What I'm looking into is a cheap head that will attach to the bottom
>of the pole slide.

Tripod threads are 1/4-20 - get a piece of 3/4 x 3/4 thin angle from
Home Depot, and a short 1/4-20 bolt and a couple of nuts. Drill a
1/4" hole in one face of the angle, near the end, for the camera
mount, and one in the other face, a suitable distance from the end,
for the tripod.
>
> ...Jim Thompson

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From: whit3rd on 29 Mar 2010 23:16
On Mar 27, 4:43 pm, Peter Bennett <pete...(a)somewhere.invalid> wrote:

> Tripod threads are 1/4-20 - get a piece of 3/4 x 3/4  thin angle from
> Home Depot, and a short 1/4-20 bolt and a couple of nuts.

To be precise, camera and tripod threads are 1/4 -20 Whitworth thread,
which is ever-so-slightly different from 1/4-20 NC (National Coarse)
like one sees in common hardware items. Regular hardware will
work, but is a tad loose-fitting.
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