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Tech/Engineering - Photography/Imaging (& Graphic Arts) / telescopes | | French term or phrase: filetages | 2 filetages fournis
this refers to a telescopic tripod.
is it thread or threading? |
| | | English translation:thread | Explanation:
I think here it is 'thread' — it seems to me they are saying that it "comes complete with two different threads"
I don't know about telescopes, but camera tripods usually use either a ¼" Whitworth thread, or a 3/8" Whitworth one — sometimes they are supplied with 2 different screws, or at least, a thread adaptor between the two diameters.
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Note added at 10 mins (2010-08-23 07:49:41 GMT)
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Oh, perhaps you didn't mean a tripod for a telescope, but just a tripod (maybe photographic, then?) that happens to have telescopic legs?
If it is photographic, then I'm even more sure of my answer! |
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 Tony M
France
Local time: 15:12
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7 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): +2 thread
Explanation:
If you take the number of hits on google as the authority
+"tripod"+"thread" 1,400,000 hits
+"tripod"+"threading" 64,100 hits
| Alison High
Switzerland
Local time: 15:12
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8 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +2 | filetage thread
Explanation:
I think here it is 'thread' — it seems to me they are saying that it "comes complete with two different threads"
I don't know about telescopes, but camera tripods usually use either a ¼" Whitworth thread, or a 3/8" Whitworth one — sometimes they are supplied with 2 different screws, or at least, a thread adaptor between the two diameters.
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Note added at 10 mins (2010-08-23 07:49:41 GMT)
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Oh, perhaps you didn't mean a tripod for a telescope, but just a tripod (maybe photographic, then?) that happens to have telescopic legs?
If it is photographic, then I'm even more sure of my answer!
| Tony M
France
Local time: 15:12
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 94
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| Aug 23, 2010 - Changes made by Tony M: | | Field (specific) | Electronics / Elect Eng => Photography/Imaging (& Graphic Arts) |
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