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--- On Wed, 6/24/09, Bruce Dayton <bkday...@daytonphoto.com> wrote: > From: Bruce Dayton <bkday...@daytonphoto.com> > Subject: Re: K10D and K4/300? > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> > Date: Wednesday, June 24, 2009, 9:20 AM > 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. > -- 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.