James Brannan
Established
I don't know why but my Yashica's are the only cameras I have that I wish I could carry vertical vs. horizontal.
They just seem so compact in comparison to my SLR's that it only seemed to make sense that they would even be easier to handle if carried vertical on a shoulder strap. I know alot of solutions exist for doing this but I didn't really like any of the ones I've been looking at (although I admit not actually trying them) so I figured I'd take a stab at making my own. This is what I came up with.
I made it out of a spare piece of aluminum using a spare Electro 35G baseplate as a guide. I even gave it a little bit of extra clearance on the plate (.005" per side) so imagine my suprise when it wouldn't fit! I guess I should have measured them both to start with. I just assumed they would be identical coming off of identical (model) bodies. No big deal, I just switched plates but I'll be much more careful on the next plate I make. Here's the result.
Mounted on my Electro 35G. It's pretty strong although I'll probably take more time and make the next one out of tool steel since I know the basic idea works now. I also need to countersink it slightly (10 seconds worth of work) since the 1/4-20 ring actually protudes past the baseplate slightly. Here's another view...
You can see I just used a 1/4-20 stainless steel screw to hold it. After doing this I think I'll also make the next one to accept a stainless flat head cap screw so it'll sit flat on a table when mounted. I thought about making it to accept a tripod screw also but nixed that idea since I really don't use this camera on a tripod anyway.
Finally here it is in action (so to speak)...
I'd appreciate anyone's thoughts on this, comments (you can say you don't like it or it sucks/ I won't take offense), or suggestions for improvement. I think this is something I'll refine and do to all my Yashica bodies.
They just seem so compact in comparison to my SLR's that it only seemed to make sense that they would even be easier to handle if carried vertical on a shoulder strap. I know alot of solutions exist for doing this but I didn't really like any of the ones I've been looking at (although I admit not actually trying them) so I figured I'd take a stab at making my own. This is what I came up with.
I made it out of a spare piece of aluminum using a spare Electro 35G baseplate as a guide. I even gave it a little bit of extra clearance on the plate (.005" per side) so imagine my suprise when it wouldn't fit! I guess I should have measured them both to start with. I just assumed they would be identical coming off of identical (model) bodies. No big deal, I just switched plates but I'll be much more careful on the next plate I make. Here's the result.
Mounted on my Electro 35G. It's pretty strong although I'll probably take more time and make the next one out of tool steel since I know the basic idea works now. I also need to countersink it slightly (10 seconds worth of work) since the 1/4-20 ring actually protudes past the baseplate slightly. Here's another view...
You can see I just used a 1/4-20 stainless steel screw to hold it. After doing this I think I'll also make the next one to accept a stainless flat head cap screw so it'll sit flat on a table when mounted. I thought about making it to accept a tripod screw also but nixed that idea since I really don't use this camera on a tripod anyway.
Finally here it is in action (so to speak)...
I'd appreciate anyone's thoughts on this, comments (you can say you don't like it or it sucks/ I won't take offense), or suggestions for improvement. I think this is something I'll refine and do to all my Yashica bodies.
