Re: Nikon lens question

I don?t know of any company that makes third part collars. I would first,
find the outside diameter of the spot on the lens you want to mount the
collar, Then search for specs on existing lenses, Canon, Nikon, Sigma etc.
for a lens with close dimension.



You might luck out and find one that works; if not, maybe on that is just a
tad larger, 1/16th or so. You could shim the difference with some adhesive
weather stripping or foam tape or some other solution that will fill the gap
in an elegant manner.



Or, you could always use duct tape :-)





PZ



www.imagequest.ifp3.com






Patrick Ziegler ImageQuest Photography
"Double-Aces" <fishermans.cove@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:TPydnaIrGcICDanbnZ2dnUVZ_hKdnZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi everybody, perhaps someone can help me with this. I have a Nikon
80-200mm
Zoom with a 2.8 aperture. My lens is about 12 or 13 years old, but still
takes pristine pics. Nikon still makes this same lens with the
modification
of a tripod holder on the lens itself. I am doing some sports photography
and need the speed of this lens to freeze baseballs and my sons pitching
arm
in motion. The problem is that this lens is very heavy and can not be
tripod
mounted without the center of gravity being the mount point or the wobble
makes it useless. Nikon has no info because they want me to buy the new
lens. So my question is, can I buy some sort of aftermarket tripod collar
for this lens. It would be suitable for me to even mount the tripod mount
on
the zoom collar of the lens even if this made the lens a fixed 200mm
really
a 300mm with my digital SLR. If anybody knows, thanks.




.

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