I believe Bogen makes a lens support bracket, but I'm not sure it would fit the 300mm FA. I have had the 300mm FA for several years and while I would prefer a lens tripod mount, I get along fine with the lens/camera body combo tripod mounted through the camera body. Ken Waller ----- Original Message ----- From: Fred <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 1:03 PM Subject: Re: Tripod Collar for FA* 300 F4.5
> > Yes, someone who used to give input to the list had a tripod > > collar for this lens custom-machined by a metal shop, and even > > posted jpegs to this list of the completed product actually on the > > lens. It looked good. There was an offer to the list I think > > for about $75.00, if I recall correctly. I did not have the lens > > at the time so i did not save the name, jpegs, or the contact. > > Perhaps someone else > > I don't know anything about the custom tripod bracket that you are > referring to, Mark, but as a recent owner of the F* version of this > lens, I can see why an FA* 300/4.5 owner might want to have such a > tripod bracket. (Similarly, I do wish that a tripod collar was > available for the M* and A* 300/4 lenses, but there just simply > isn't any "space" to attach a collar to on these lenses.) > > I will say that the tripod collar on the F* 300/4.5 seems to be > somewhat of a mixed blessing. Its size (at least to me) seems a bit > of overkill. The design of the bracket in the A* 200/4 Macro lens > seems much nicer, both in size and in ease of mounting and > dismounting - the A* 200/4 Macro's collar nicely attaches and > detaches with a knob similar to its locking/unlocking knob, while > the F* 300/4.5's collar requires a coin to attach or detach it. > > It does seem a shame to me that the M*/A* 300/4 and FA* 300/4.5 > designs really should have been equipped with tripod collars. While > the lenses are quite hand-holdable (and here I'm assuming that the > FA* lens is about the same as the F* lens) under bright conditions, > 300mm is a lot of focal length to not have a tripod/monopod collar > instantly available when needed, in my opinion. > > Fred > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
