3 New DA* USM lenses

[Kenneth Waller]

Kirk sells a universal L bracket that I've been using on my *ist D & MZ-S. 
Requires an Arca-Swiss plate.

Maybe with the anticipated success of the K10D, they'll make one for it.

Kenneth Waller

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Godfrey DiGiorgi" <godders at mac.com>

Subject: Re: 3 New DA* USM lenses


>
> On Sep 21, 2006, at 7:53 AM, Christian wrote:
>
>> Paul Stenquist wrote:
>>> They don't appear large enough to require a tripod mount, certainly
>>> not the 50-135.
>>
>> I like tripod collars for making shooting verticals easier.  Unscrew,
>> rotate, tighten, shoot.  flopping the whole camera over on the tripod
>> screws up my composition and the relationship of the camera to my eye
>> and the flopped-over tripod head gets in the way of my right hand.
>> Also
>> I like to have my teleflash setup attached to the lens' tripod foot
>> (via
>> QR adapter) so that the flash is always above the lens.
>
> I also prefer a rotating tripod collar for long lenses, but if the
> lens is light enough I will be comfortable using an L-bracket QR
> adapter for the tripod. I have one for the Manfrotto RC2 attachment
> heads and I'm sure one will appear for the K10D that mates to Arca-
> Swiss style QR heads too.
>
> Godfrey
>
>
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