AW: [APML] F2 Emergency

["Ulrich Beinert" <analemma@gmx.de>]

Hi Philip,

thanks for the pointers. Unfortunately, I can't get the motor drive socket
out due to lack of the right tool, and actually, that won't help much
either, if the tripod socket is held in place by some screws. The part that
I threaded in there presses against the baseplate loosely, and if the socket
is held fast on the other side, it'll be impossible to remove the baseplate
(unless I take a saw and remove the bolt by force. :-( My only hope is that
I could have actually broken these three screws holding the socket in place.
I hope so, as this bolt was quite expensive. BTW, I tried bending a paper
clip into the right shape to unscrew the motor drive socket, but it didn't
work. I assume the socket is threaded normally, i.e. you turn to the left to
unscrew it?

Ulrich

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: owner-astro-photo@seds.org [mailto:owner-astro-photo@seds.org]Im
> Auftrag von Philip Perkins
> Gesendet: Montag, 1. April 2002 04:00
> An: astro-photo@seds.org
> Betreff: Re: [APML] F2 Emergency
>
>
> 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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