Re: Those looking for a FA*300/4.5 tripod mount ...
Ken Waller wrote: 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. I have the F version and I also use it a lot. Rarely from a tripod, but I find the tripod mount to be pretty convenient anyway, for holding the lens/camera combo and for hanging the lens from my belt while something else is installed on the camera. -- Thanks, DougF (KG4LMZ) -- 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.
Re: Those looking for a FA*300/4.5 tripod mount ...
Nice work. The black makes it the professional model ;+} 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 ... I've made one to use the Manfrotto QR system. http://picasaweb.google.com/OzSavage/K10DLBracketPrototype?authkey=56BCXrUml-g It's since been black anodised. Cheers, Dave On Nov 16, 2007 2:21 AM, Ken Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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 . -- 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.
Re: Those looking for a FA*300/4.5 tripod mount ...
On Nov 13, 2007, at 11:40 PM, Thibouille wrote: Information here: http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036message=25597175 Hmm. I would not be so comfortable with a clamp screw (even with nylon buffer) putting pressure on a lens barrel at one point like that. Even if the clamp band were a very precise fit. I'd go for a Manfrotto 3420 Telephoto Lens Support ($65 from BH) instead. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/126662-REG/ Bogen_Manfrotto_3420_3420_Telephoto_Lens_Support.html or http://tinyurl.com/34m87m It looks even more agricultural but supports the camera body and lens properly, clamps the lens with a band without a single pressure point. Godfrey -- 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.
Re: Those looking for a FA*300/4.5 tripod mount ...
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.
Re: Those looking for a FA*300/4.5 tripod mount ...
I've made one to use the Manfrotto QR system. http://picasaweb.google.com/OzSavage/K10DLBracketPrototype?authkey=56BCXrUml-g It's since been black anodised. Cheers, Dave On Nov 16, 2007 2:21 AM, Ken Waller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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 -- 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.
Re: Those looking for a FA*300/4.5 tripod mount ...
On Nov 14, 2007 4:40 PM, Thibouille [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Information here: http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036message=25597175 I saw that. All I can say is it's very agricultural. 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.
Re: Those looking for a FA*300/4.5 tripod mount ...
LOL A new way to damn with faint praise! Certainly no complement here in the US. Regards, Bob S. On Nov 14, 2007 2:10 AM, David Savage [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Nov 14, 2007 4:40 PM, Thibouille [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Information here: http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036message=25597175 I saw that. All I can say is it's very agricultural. 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. -- 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.
Re: Those looking for a FA*300/4.5 tripod mount ...
- 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. William Robb -- 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.
Re: Those looking for a FA*300/4.5 tripod mount ...
On Nov 14, 2007, at 6:20 PM, David Savage wrote: You can't rotate from portrait to landscape though. Making it next to useless IMO. I agree that it doesn't have the same flexibility as a collar mount. But next to useless is a little over the top. ;-) Godfrey -- 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.
Re: Those looking for a FA*300/4.5 tripod mount ...
At 03:35 AM 15/11/2007, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: On Nov 13, 2007, at 11:40 PM, Thibouille wrote: Information here: http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036message=25597175 Hmm. I would not be so comfortable with a clamp screw (even with nylon buffer) putting pressure on a lens barrel at one point like that. Even if the clamp band were a very precise fit. I'd go for a Manfrotto 3420 Telephoto Lens Support ($65 from BH) instead. http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/126662-REG/ Bogen_Manfrotto_3420_3420_Telephoto_Lens_Support.html You can't rotate from portrait to landscape though. Making it next to useless IMO. 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.
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.
Those looking for a FA*300/4.5 tripod mount ...
Information here: http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1036message=25597175 -- Thibault Massart aka Thibouille -- K10D,Z1,SuperA,KX,MX, P30t and KR-10x ;) ... -- 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.
