Re: [APML] N2 port in Pentax 67 camera

[Bert Katzung <katzung@pacbell.net>]

Hi Philip:
What is "Blue Tack," where do you get it, and how do you use it? Sounds like
information that might be of general interest (as well as to me). Thanks...
Bert

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From: Philip Perkins <philip@astrocruise.com>
To: astro-photo@seds.org <astro-photo@seds.org>
Date: Sunday, 16 January, 2000 5:11 PM
Subject: Re: [APML] N2 port in Pentax 67 camera


>I drilled the tripod socket of the Pentax 67 for the reasons stated in the
>other mail I just sent.  I may be the only one that did it this way -
>everyone else I heard from drilled the blank hole on the baseplate which is
>further towards the rear of the camera.
>
>I was very nervous about drilling the tripod socket, because in the case of
>the Pentax it's not possible to remove the baseplate and therefore I could
>not see what I was drilling into.  Plus the fact that no-one had drilled
>the tripod socket before and I didn't fancy being a pioneer at this game!
<g>
>
>Well I survived the experience, and so did the camera fortunately <g>  I
>was worried about drill chippings because there is a slight gap between the
>base part of the camera and the light box assembly.  But this was not the
>problem I feared.  I used copious quantities of Blue Tack to catch drill
>chippings wherever I could.  I did this also when I drilled the Nikon.
>
>--Philip
>Philip Perkins - philip@astrocruise.com
>Wiltshire UK & Luberon France
>Astrocruise - http://www.astrocruise.com
>
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