Any idea what this is?
Jan 1, 2021 12:07:47 #
rdgreenwood wrote:
While the responses you’ve received are funny, exc... (show quote)
Yep, it was certainly a “biting” comment
Jan 1, 2021 12:31:19 #
PhotogHobbyist wrote:
Any Navy Veterans out there should recognize that as a Shoreline Extender.
For the port side, right? If memory serves me well, the bandle screw on on the starboard extender was reversed.
Jan 1, 2021 12:32:54 #
Jan 1, 2021 12:44:51 #
petrochemist
Loc: UK
ELNikkor wrote:
The best way to find out what it is for, is to throw it away. In three days, you will not only find out what it is for, but you will have to go out and buy one just like it, or the expensive thing it goes on won't work at all! (Just my experience, probably no one else's...)
My experience is only slightly different. I often find out in less than 3 days, but with things I've puzzled over for a very long time it can extend to about a month. Invariably it's cheaper to buy a used replacement of the expensive thing than to track down a replacement part. If I do hang on to the unknown bit I don't find out what it fits for many months by which time I've forgotten where I stored it...
This is IMO the most common variant of Murphy's law.
Jan 1, 2021 12:46:20 #
colt4x5
Loc: Central Connecticut
PixelStan77 wrote:
What is a nogglerod bearing!
Definitely a nogglerod bearing. I own two. The next question, of course, is which nogglerod bearing is the best: The Nikon or the Canon.
Jan 1, 2021 12:49:30 #
These goofy guesses are getting ridiculous. Only a couple of people have attempted to actually identify this.
Jan 1, 2021 12:54:51 #
petrochemist
Loc: UK
colt4x5 wrote:
Definitely a nogglerod bearing. I own two. The next question, of course, is which nogglerod bearing is the best: The Nikon or the Canon.
99+% certain it's not either. the question is closer to Manfrotto or Giotto.
Jan 1, 2021 12:59:36 #
This looks like more of a Lens Tube clamp or Lighting Truss clamp than a left-handed Throgmogulator.
Jan 1, 2021 12:59:39 #
Dwiggy
Loc: Dunedin, FL
I figured this thing out a while ago. You can stop your comments, both humorous and real. Thanks for all your comments. You are so helpful, NOT!!! 
Jan 1, 2021 13:04:22 #
Dwiggy wrote:
WHAT IS IT?I figured this thing out a while ago. You can stop your comments, both humorous and real. Thanks for all your comments. You are so helpful, NOT!!!
Jan 1, 2021 13:04:28 #
CO wrote:
These goofy guesses are getting ridiculous. Only a couple of people have attempted to actually identify this.
Lighten up Scrooge 😁
Jan 1, 2021 13:19:56 #
ELNikkor wrote:
The best way to find out what it is for, is to throw it away. In three days, you will not only find out what it is for, but you will have to go out and buy one just like it, or the expensive thing it goes on won't work at all! (Just my experience, probably no one else's...)
Been there done that!
Jan 1, 2021 13:37:25 #
Jan 1, 2021 13:38:02 #
I read four pages and still don't know what it is. This is the first time someone who is very knowledgeable on this site hasn't known the answer. I'm guessing someone threw that into a camera bag just to confuse a photographer and it actually has no photographical use whatsoever.
Jan 1, 2021 13:51:50 #
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