Tripod help
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That second silver nub is preventing me from mounting the DSLR.
Do I need to return the mount and get another?
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Camera-Specific Properties: Equipment Make NIKON Camera Model COOLPIX L28 Camera Software COOLPIX L28V1.0 Maximum Lens Aperture f/3.2 Focal Length (35mm Equiv) 26 mm Image-Specific Properties: Image Orientation Top, Left-Hand Horizontal Resolution 300 dpi Vertical Resolution 300 dpi Image Created 2013:03:07 01:49:34 Exposure Time 1/25 sec F-Number f/8.0 Exposure Program Normal Program ISO Speed Rating 80 Exposure Bias 0 EV Metering Mode Pattern Light Source Unknown Flash Flash, Auto Focal Length 4.60 mm Color Space Information sRGB Image Width 5152 Image Height 3864 Rendering Normal Exposure Mode Auto Scene Capture Type Standard Gain Control High Gain Up Contrast Normal Sharpness Normal Subject Distance Range Unknown Color Mode COLOR Image Quality NORMAL White Balance AUTO Image Sharpening AUTO Focus Mode AF-S Flash Setting NORMAL ISO Selection AUTO Image Adjustment NORMAL Auto Focus Single Area, Top Selected, Center Focused Scene Mode SCENE AUTO Saturation Normal Noise Reduction OFF
>>2782370
The nub should retract with pressure. Does it not?
>>2782375
Not far enough. I just used a screwdriver to rip the top piece off and take the nub out.
>>2782378
>Not far enough
That's what she said.
>>2782370
>inb4 vanish pin position
That tripod is probably meant for a video camera, they use that second nub so they don't rotate themselves loose during pans and stuff.
>>2782488
Godamnit, was going to call that. That thread was comedy platinum though.
>>2782488
>>2782506
does someone have a screencap of that thread that they could post?
also OP, I've had some tripod plates where that pin is held in with a screw on the other side of the plate, and you can just undo that and take it out. idk if yours is like that though. If you can do so though, it won't hurt anything.
>>2782370
Nobody expects the vanish pin position.
>>2784028
It's a reference to an old thread with a similar question, where someone made a joke.
The pin in the tripod plate vanishes when it's depressed into the plate.
So you can then make reference to the Monty Python skit "Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition"
"Nobody expects the Vanish Pin Position" etc.
>>2784039
OH.
Thanks, anon.
>>2784046
That was like... last year, no?
>>2784051
2014 according to Google.
http://4chanarchive.net/threads/p/Tripod/2365551
>>2782370
It appears that your tripod is a plastic piece of fucking garbage, so yes you do need to return it.
