alessandro_fantini Posted April 18, 2010 Share Posted April 18, 2010 <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> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrewg_ny Posted April 19, 2010 Share Posted April 19, 2010 <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> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alessandro_fantini Posted April 20, 2010 Author Share Posted April 20, 2010 <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> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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