On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 08:29:54AM -0500, Eric Weir wrote: > > On Dec 14, 2010, at 4:45 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: > > > That's a newer version of the one I've got. Great value for the money > > at that price. Fine for the FA*80-200/2.8 but not sturdy enough for > > the 300/2.8. > > Hmm. That's one type of lens I would've wanted to use this with.
I wouldn't give up all hope yet. I've used a ball head (the earlier version of the spring-loaded one) with a 300/2.8, and even with the 250-600. It isn't sturdy enough to hold the lens absolutely rigid, but for use on a monopod when you need a little flexibility its's ok - there are other sources of lens movement besides the mount itself. That said, though, I prefer to use the monopod directly screwed into the lens whenever possible; there's no point in introducing any vibration that you don't need, and a direct connection is far more rigid. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
