Do anyone use DA* 300 with manfrotto 804rc2 head?

<p>Hi to all,<br /> I've a problem using the DA* 300mm mounted on a K20d with its battery grip on a manfrotto 804rc2 head. With the battery grip mounted, the lever on the head, that blocks the rapid plate, it is impacting on the battery grip.<br /> So to use DA* 300 on the tripod I must to remove the battery grip.<br /> What is the solution?<br /> I would like to avoid (now) to change the head with a ball head.<br /> Thanks to all</p>

<p>Manfrotto has a huge amount of doo-dads but a rather hard and slow-to-browse website, I was hoping to find some sort of tripod foot extender. I did find this <a href="http://www.manfrotto.com/Jahia/site/manfrotto/cache/off/pid/2430?livid=107|108&idx=113">Manfrotto 393</a> (sort of an inexpensive gimbal mount) that would probably work but perhaps isn't as cheap as you might have hoped.</p>

<p><a href="http://reallyrightstuff.com/rrs/items.asp?Cc=MPRRails&iTpStatus=1&Tp=&Bc=">RRS</a> appears to have a lot bits (not sure if <a href="http://reallyrightstuff.com/rrs/Itemdesc.asp?ic=MPR-1&eq=&Tp=">MPR-1</a> would help?) that might be useful but probably really come into their own if you're using their plate system. Another possibility is to have a machine shop make you an extension plate.</p>

<p>I've also thought about mounting the machine & lens reversed on the head, leaving the levers not close to me but on the side of the lens. Is it a safe choice? Are there any risks on the stability?<br />Certainly it isn't an easy way to working, but in this way I don't need to dismounting the battery grip every time.</p>