Post by BuckSkin on Nov 26, 2020 9:24:21 GMT
We have the bull-stout SLIK Pro 700DX Tripod with the SLIK Panhead.
One feature of the SLIK that I really like is the unique round tripod adapter and the way it is captured within the tripod head.
Unless you are a complete clutz, the way this tripod attachment is designed, there is not much way to let the camera get away from you and fall to the ground.
This first picture shows the top of the panhead and the round receiver that captures the adapter.
Pressing the button at top-right releases a "keeper" so that the adapter can drop into the receiver.
The lever at lower-right is in the un-locked position.
This is the tripod adapter.
The groove is for the "keeper" , or "safety" might be a better description.
With the lever un-locked, the adapter (and attached camera) can spin around continuously in either direction, but cannot escape the receiver until the release button is pressed; even then, the camera must be lifted up and out of the receiver socket.
This is the adapter locked in place.
This picture shows an adapter as-delivered beside another adapter that has an Arca-Swiss style lever-lock clamp attached.
The clamp could simply be threaded onto the camera stud; but, on this particular example, I removed the short camera stud and used a 1/4 x 20 tap to cut threads entirely through the adapter.
I then used a pan-head machine screw, threaded through from the bottom, tightened, and then threaded into the clamp.
This is the Arca-Swiss converted adapter mounted in the tripod head.
To attach a camera to the tripod, I remove the adapter and lever-lock clamp assembly from the tripod, clamp the lever-lock quick-release clamp onto the Arca-Swiss plate that is attached to the camera, and then place the round adapter/clamp/camera into the receiver.
Just about any tripod adapter style can be converted to Arca-Swiss Quick-release in the same manner.
Total cost for this endeavor = $13.62 for the clamp plus one stainless screw from a box that I already had on hand.
One feature of the SLIK that I really like is the unique round tripod adapter and the way it is captured within the tripod head.
Unless you are a complete clutz, the way this tripod attachment is designed, there is not much way to let the camera get away from you and fall to the ground.
This first picture shows the top of the panhead and the round receiver that captures the adapter.
Pressing the button at top-right releases a "keeper" so that the adapter can drop into the receiver.
The lever at lower-right is in the un-locked position.
This is the tripod adapter.
The groove is for the "keeper" , or "safety" might be a better description.
With the lever un-locked, the adapter (and attached camera) can spin around continuously in either direction, but cannot escape the receiver until the release button is pressed; even then, the camera must be lifted up and out of the receiver socket.
This is the adapter locked in place.
This picture shows an adapter as-delivered beside another adapter that has an Arca-Swiss style lever-lock clamp attached.
The clamp could simply be threaded onto the camera stud; but, on this particular example, I removed the short camera stud and used a 1/4 x 20 tap to cut threads entirely through the adapter.
I then used a pan-head machine screw, threaded through from the bottom, tightened, and then threaded into the clamp.
This is the Arca-Swiss converted adapter mounted in the tripod head.
To attach a camera to the tripod, I remove the adapter and lever-lock clamp assembly from the tripod, clamp the lever-lock quick-release clamp onto the Arca-Swiss plate that is attached to the camera, and then place the round adapter/clamp/camera into the receiver.
Just about any tripod adapter style can be converted to Arca-Swiss Quick-release in the same manner.
Total cost for this endeavor = $13.62 for the clamp plus one stainless screw from a box that I already had on hand.