Kirk sells a universal L bracket that I've been using on my *ist D & MZ-S. Requires an Arca-Swiss plate.
Maybe with the anticipated success of the K10D, they'll make one for it. Kenneth Waller ----- Original Message ----- From: "Godfrey DiGiorgi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: 3 New DA* USM lenses > > On Sep 21, 2006, at 7:53 AM, Christian wrote: > >> Paul Stenquist wrote: >>> They don't appear large enough to require a tripod mount, certainly >>> not the 50-135. >> >> I like tripod collars for making shooting verticals easier. Unscrew, >> rotate, tighten, shoot. flopping the whole camera over on the tripod >> screws up my composition and the relationship of the camera to my eye >> and the flopped-over tripod head gets in the way of my right hand. >> Also >> I like to have my teleflash setup attached to the lens' tripod foot >> (via >> QR adapter) so that the flash is always above the lens. > > I also prefer a rotating tripod collar for long lenses, but if the > lens is light enough I will be comfortable using an L-bracket QR > adapter for the tripod. I have one for the Manfrotto RC2 attachment > heads and I'm sure one will appear for the K10D that mates to Arca- > Swiss style QR heads too. > > Godfrey > > > -- > 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
