Kirk makes plates to fit any Pentax lens that I've needed them for. The usually have slots for two attaching screws that provide quite a bit of variation to fit screw hole location.
Kenneth Waller ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Reese" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Pentax telephoto lens mount > I've been looking at the mounting collars on my Pentax big glass and they > all have the exact same footprint. I can see where that would be a good > thing if anyone actually built QR plates to fit them. > > For those who haven't seen the Pentax collars, the foot has a removable > metal plate with a standard tripod thread in the center of it. The foot > also has two smaller holes that could be useful to stabilize the lens if > anyone made a QR plate with the proper hardware to take advantage of them. > I see a market for a QR plate with two metal pins to fit the smaller holes > and the usual screw with tripod thread. The metal pins would be useful to > keep the lens from rotating around the tripod screw. > > Has anyone seen a plate that works in that fashion with Pentax glass? > know most QR systems have the little nubs than can be placed against the > edge of the foot but I think a plate with pins would be a better solution. > > Tom Reese > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
