Re: [APML] F2 Emergency

[Philip Perkins <philip@astrocruise.com>]

Ulrich,

It's easy to get the base off the F2 and put it back afterwards.  Nothing 
flies apart or falls out.  The only slightly tricky part is the motor drive 
socket which needs a two-pronged socket driver.  I've accumulated a sort of 
bottomless toolbox over the years and I found a part in there that did the 
trick.  When you have the base plate off you can get directly to the tripod 
socket.  The tripod socket is a separate small fixture which is held in 
place by three screws.  Undo the screws and you can easily replace the 
tripod socket on its own.  You would find a replacement socket at one of 
the local used camera stores - there should be one or more in the Frankfurt 
area.  If not look in the main amateur photo magazines for adverts for used 
camera stores.  You may be able to get a replacement tripod socket on its 
own (stripped threads are probably not uncommon) but if not ask them for a 
dead or junked F2 and strip the part out of that.

--Philip


At 20:35 31/03/02 +0200, you wrote:
>Hi guys,
>
>when I was tightening my Manfrotto clamp in the thread of my F2, I tightened
>it a bit too much (as it was still sort of loose), and I think I ripped the
>thread portion out of the camera's bottom. The bolt that's threaded in there
>turns loosely, but cannot be unthreaded out of the threads. I think I could
>get a better look at this by removing the bottom plate of the camera, but I
>wanted to ask the experts first: is this a safe thing to do? Or will
>something jump at me when I open it? I have experience with removing parts
>that were nearly impossible to replace afterwards, and I don't want to do
>this with my best camera.
>
>Ulrich


Philip Perkins - philip@astrocruise.com
Wiltshire UK & Luberon France
Astrocruise - http://www.astrocruise.com


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