Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jim, Have you actually held a Nikkor 200mm f/4 in your hands? It's very small and light for a lens of that focal length. By two and three orders of magnitude (or reduction, I guess) it's smaller than the lenses being discussed here. Might a monopod from the camera not be enough? Vince On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 2:56 PM, James Laird <digiratidoc at gmail.com> wrote: > I have a 400mm Telyt with stock and a Leica-R adapter for my GH1, us > it and love it! It translates with crop factor to a 800 6.8 and realy > gets up close on bird shots, etc. But I've recently ordered a 200mm > f/4 Nikkor and I'd like to use the stock from my Telyt on the Nikkor. > I've heard that some companies make custom tripod collars which I > could use to attach to the stock but I'd like to know if anyone know a > way to fabricate a Tripod collar that might do the job. At over 60 > years now I really need the shoulder stock to get sharp photos with > the longer lenses. Any help would be appreciated. > > Jim > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >