Tripod/Camera Screw Thread

Dave Osborne · 2008-07-01T18:24:05+00:00

Hello Folks,There was a discussion on here maybe earlier this year, maybe last year about whether the thread on a tripod/camera was 1/4-20 Whitworth or UNC. ISTR we got into discussions about thread angles and somebody pointed out that Wikipedia was (allegedly) wrong.Thing is, I can't remember who had the last word, and I can't find the discussion on Google Groups.Without wishing to open the debate again, did anyone find the definitive answer, cos my colleagues and I were having fun recently with a load of (supposed) Whitworth bolts/nuts and studding, some of which was compatible and some of which wasn't!1. Stud would screw into camera2. Bolt would *not* screw into camera3. Nut would screw onto *both* stud and boltCheers,Rumble

Jul 01, 2008 64 Replies

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Rod 18 years ago

What? Caught spooning with a bloke?

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dennis 18 years ago

Why would they have to collude? All it takes is for one person to make the claim.

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Grimly Curmudgeon 18 years ago

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember Rod saying something like:

I had to watch it, he was quite handy.

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Bob Mannix 18 years ago

Even more spooky - that guy has always been somewhere *at the same time* as all recent eclipses. Eeek!

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Rod 18 years ago

Even more more spooky if he suddenly wasn't anywhere at the same time as eclipses. :-)

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