Canon 5D Mark 2 Lens centre to tripod mount dimension

[Mikeybikey1966]

Hi,

I'm in the process of designing my own panoramic head and was wondering if anyone knows the dimension from the tripod mounting plane to the centre of the lens mount. I need this so I can make sure that the camera is rotating about the correct axis in portrait orientation, obviously in landscape mode it is already rotating about the centre line.

I could measure it, but there must be an official dimension for this somewhere.

Thanks in advance

Mike

[russellsnr]

Hi, Maybe something here that may help you
http://gregwired.com/pano/Pano.htm

Russ

[Mikeybikey1966]

Thanks for the link Russ

I did actually phone Canon up, but still waiting for a reply. So in the mean time I measured it myself using vernier callipers etc.

I found the measurement to be 43mm.

Cheers
Mike