I had one of those once. Yes, the lack of a collar is concerning. >From my memory, I tended to push down on the camera body during the shot to at least take some pressure of the tripod mount in the base of the camera. Doesn't really help with the lens mount.
I believe Manfrotto makes an attachment that works for lenses like this giving them support. You might want to look into that. -- Best regards, Bruce Wednesday, June 24, 2009, 8:50:28 AM, you wrote: RRR> Just received my K 4/300 mm and, looking at the thing, I'm wondering if RRR> the bayonet of my K10D and its tripod bushing will withstand the load if RRR> I use this lens on a tripod. RRR> Until now, I've been using my old Pentacon 300 mm lens which had its RRR> own tripod collar. RRR> Any ideas or experiences from list members? RRR> Ralf -- 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.
