> My F*300 has been modified by its previous owner... he took the tripod > mount to a metal shop and they chopped it down a bit which makes it much > easier to fit in the bag. I still have some photos of it online: > http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/temp/300f4-5.html
Thanks, Dave, for the shots. The mod does look familiar - that previous owner probably had his/her own photos online previously, too - <g>. I filed your images away in case I ever get around to undertaking such a mod. It does look like a successful modification - it does seem to be much closer to the neat arrangement for the A* 200/4 Macro tripod mount (which also happens to fit on the F* 300/4.5, but not the other way around, if I recall correctly). In my case, I have used the F* 300/4.5 with the mount attached only sparingly - I do a lot of 300mm (and up - <g>) hand-holding of lenses (especially with bright enough light and fast enough film, of course), and I've used this model mostly without the mount. The "stock" tripod mount for the F* 300/4.5 has always been a curiosity to me, and it's nice to see one "tamed" with a nice modification - <g>. Fred
