What is this for on the LX
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Posted 03/12/2012 - 21:06
It's a tripod spacer. Some very wide diameter lenses may foul the tripod mount so the focusing ring cannot be moved. This spacer allows a bit of extra room. It is used between the camera and the tripod, the hole is for the tripod screw to go through.
Best regards, John
Best regards, John
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Posted 03/12/2012 - 21:10
Thanks John,
I've had 2 rattleing around in my camera bag for 30+ years and never used them. With the size of the hole it makes sense now.
Chris,
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I've had 2 rattleing around in my camera bag for 30+ years and never used them. With the size of the hole it makes sense now.
Chris,
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Pentax LX, MX, ME Super & MV.
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Posted 10/12/2012 - 21:06
This did come up once before but it is pretty deeply buried in a thread about the MV1.
K.
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K.
Kris Lockyear
It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera… they are made with the eye, heart and head. Henri Cartier-Bresson
Lots of film bodies, a couple of digital ones, too many lenses (mainly older glass) and a Horseman LE 5x4.
My website
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Posted 10/12/2012 - 22:50
John,
I remember when I got my MX in around 1977, that the instruction manual referred to the tripod spacer ring being necessary to prevent over-long tripod screws puncturing the base of the mirror box, due to the short tripod socket that was employed because of the compact nature of the body. Don't know whether the same rationale was true for the LX; I suspect so.
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I remember when I got my MX in around 1977, that the instruction manual referred to the tripod spacer ring being necessary to prevent over-long tripod screws puncturing the base of the mirror box, due to the short tripod socket that was employed because of the compact nature of the body. Don't know whether the same rationale was true for the LX; I suspect so.
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Last Edited by microlight2010 on 10/12/2012 - 22:52
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Posted 10/12/2012 - 23:31
Quoting the MX instruction manual, page 35:
An regarding the tripod spacer:
Hope that helps clarify it.
Best regards, John
Quote:
6. When mounting the camera on a tripod, be sure that the tripod screw is no longer than 5.5mm. This is the depth of the tripod socket on your camera. If you use a longer screw, you will probably puncture the bottom of the socket, after which the camera will not function properly.
6. When mounting the camera on a tripod, be sure that the tripod screw is no longer than 5.5mm. This is the depth of the tripod socket on your camera. If you use a longer screw, you will probably puncture the bottom of the socket, after which the camera will not function properly.
An regarding the tripod spacer:
Quote:
7. In order to prevent large diameter lenses from interfering with proper mounting of the camera to the tripod, attach the Spacer Ring (packed with the camera) between camera and tripod.
7. In order to prevent large diameter lenses from interfering with proper mounting of the camera to the tripod, attach the Spacer Ring (packed with the camera) between camera and tripod.
Hope that helps clarify it.
Best regards, John
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Posted 11/12/2012 - 23:32
Thanks for the clarification, John. I still have the dear old MX, but the manual went the way of such things, a long time ago. I'm actually surprised that after 35 years, I still managed to remember about the short tripod socket at all, and where the ring goes - even if the piece about what it's supposed to be used for had slipped through the memory cracks!
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Posted 13/02/2013 - 21:37
I'm amazed that anyone still has these! You folk are far more organized than I!
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Posted 18/03/2014 - 23:37
I got ohe of those plastic discs with my MV in1981, never really used it
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Posted 19/03/2014 - 00:00
Must admit, I thought it was something to do with long tripod screws as well. Carried it around in the camera bag for years but never used it.
Must have missed that bit of the manual!
Bob
Must have missed that bit of the manual!
Bob
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Posted 19/03/2014 - 08:18
And I've been using mine as a soft focus/clear centre spot filter for the past 30 years
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Posted 19/03/2014 - 09:38
LennyBloke wrote:
And I've been using mine as a soft focus/clear centre spot filter for the past 30 years
And I've been using mine as a soft focus/clear centre spot filter for the past 30 years
Very 80s in more ways than one!
Kris Lockyear
It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera… they are made with the eye, heart and head. Henri Cartier-Bresson
Lots of film bodies, a couple of digital ones, too many lenses (mainly older glass) and a Horseman LE 5x4.
My website
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Posted 19/03/2014 - 15:33
I used MINE only last SUNDAY -- I knew what it was -- I use it with my £28 Slik 88 tripod bought in the 1980's as the camera wobbles without it.
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Chris,
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