Brenden, Congrats on your modified grip. I really wouldn't mind getting/building one myself . . . but I'm still holding out that Rob from the land down under is going to actually start producing them. Who knows, maybe I'd be willing to trade my 500/4.5 for one ;-) (listening rob?)
Anyhow, be careful with the soft release. I had one that I ordered new from B&H . . . it lasted all of several hours before I lost it in the yard. It rubbed off because it wasn't screwed on quite tightly enough . . . ooops. I still haven't found it. Illinois Bill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Well gang... > > I don't encourage trying this at home unless you're very mechanically > inclined but thanks (again!) to our mutual friend in sunny Brighton and my LX > now has an accessory that might make a few of you jealous (except > cotty...this is nothing compared to how you hotrod your equipment!): > > http://www.members.aol.com/bmacrae/lx2.jpg > > http://www.members.aol.com/bmacrae/lx1.jpg > > ;-) > > Peter was kind enough to point out that he sells the replacement lugs for the > LX and I so I picked one up from him on my last order. Well, I can tell you > that it's not an easy thing to do to retrofit the standard LX grip B, but I'm > pretty tenacious and I hate slinging my camera around in portrait > orientation. > > First, one needs to realize that the grip is not hollow underneath the metal > plate on the back. This means you have to drill, scrape, and dig out the > plastic to make room for the nut to fasten to the lug. And let me say you > truly must put a nut on the lug as epoxy or some other way of fashioning it > to the grip wouldn't hold it securely enough. Well, at least not for my > camera...I really don't want to drop it. Thirdly, when removing the material > to fit the nut it's imperative not to destroy the upper right-hand hole for > the screw that holds the plate in this area...no walk in the park! However, > the biggest challenge I found to this operation was finding a nut to fit the > threaded lug itself! I just happened upon mine after searching around my > basement for three days (plus visiting three hardware stores, two hobby shops > and four hours of internet searching!). The lugs threads are very fine and > are metric threads (Japanese made). To be exact its an M4 size shank and the > threads are a .3 i think. Anyway, I found the perfect nut to fit the lug > from...get this...an old, halfway demolished Som Berthiot zoom lens > viewfinder!! What a thrill...it fit perfectly!! > > Anyway...I also hope y'all notice the soft release which I also ordered from > CAMDIR. > > Thanks again Peter. I've been waiting to try this bit of "Hotrodding" for > some time now! > > Brendan MacRae > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
