3Pod Tripod Bushing 1/4-20 to 3/8"

This essential bushing reduces a 3/8-16 threaded hole to accept a ¼-20 screw post. There are 2 standards for threaded holes and posts in the world of tripods and heads, lightstands, cameras and their brackets: ¼-20and 3/8-16. The thread pitch is the second number after the diameter. Generally speaking, the European manufactured photographic items and also all tripod head platforms, come with the wider 3/8 connection and requires this reducing diameter bushing to accommodate the narrower American type produced ¼-20 standard of connector. Keeping this simple solution handy will certainly make you happy, sometime in your photographic lifetime. This is a replacement for all 3POD heads and accessories and Flashpoint products requiring the conversion.