Tripod Head Spacers

[Twombly Red]

Hello,

I am having problems when turning my camera down to the side on the ball head. I am limited in my postition of the camera as well as rotation as it meets the top plate of the tripod.

The obvious solution is a spacer between the tripod and the ball head but so far I am only getting Google results for two suppliers in the US.

Are they called something else? Does anyone know a decent and cheap supplier in the UK?

Regards,
Andrew.

[yelvertoft]

Andrew, I don't know of any specific suppliers, but it sounds like the kind of thing a local engineering workshop would be able to knock up very easily. Have a look in your yellow pages, take the item along to them and explain what you want.

Or, you could get in touch with your local model engineering society, there'll be someone there who'd be able to put something together.

[Twombly Red]

Thanks. So far I have seen something that might fit the bill from Manfrotto but I have also spoken to my brother who has engineering experience. If this fails then it is a visit to the engineers.

[Twombly Red]

I now have one being made to my exact specifications by SRB Griturn. They were very good about it all. Thank goodness for British engineering.