The 300mm f4.5 FA is one of my most used lenses - I use a camera mounted "L" bracket (from Kirk http://www.kirkphoto.com/ )to accomplish quick re-orientation from portrait to landscape.
Kenneth Waller http://www.tinyurl.com/272u2f ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Savage" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Those looking for a FA*300/4.5 tripod mount ... > At 11:39 AM 15/11/2007, William Robb wrote: > >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "David Savage" >>Subject: Re: Those looking for a FA*300/4.5 tripod mount ... >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > You can't rotate from portrait to landscape though. Making it next to >> > useless IMO. >> > >> >>Is the 300/4.5 so heavy that you couldn't just use the camera's tripod >>socket? >>I have the F*300/4.5 and it is a remarkably small lens. > > No, it's not heavy. > > My desire for a tripod mount has more to do with the improved > functionality > when shooting with a tripod/monopod (when I eventually get one :-). > > I quite like the feature on the FA* 80-200mm f2.8 (Which is heavy & does > need it) > > Cheers, > > Dave -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
