Exactly!
Lens Foot of 180-600
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I've been using the Hejnar foot replacements as well. Has he indicated that he'll just recommend one of his foot plates for it? I may just get the Kirk plate that's being used now by some when I hear mine has shipped. I can have it shipped from B&H at the same time.
ajrmd
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I'm a big fan of Chris' work as well. From our communication, he's planning on making a plate for it once he receives a lens for templating. I don't believe he intends on making a collar assembly. For those, we'll have to wait for Kirk or another vendor. Insofar as Ken's comments were concerned, I've never like single point attachments for accessory SA plates. Every single one I had on Canon and Sony lenses loosened up after a while and sometimes caused scratching as well in spite of integrated rubber grip points.
Interesting that his QD plates have a fixed ridge. Not sure that will be ideal in this instance. So you may want to mention that. Seems like he will want a few length options. I am not sure what is special about this lens vs what he offers currently so maybe you can reach out and see what he has in mind or maybe people should speak up. I haven't decided what length I will get and was waiting for my lens to arrive. I am leaning towards 5.25. Makes more grip space when carrying and give me more options for balancing on my Flexshooter. Thoughts?
I never had a plate on a lens foot with with rubber grip points. Could that rubber compress over time and be why they loosened up? The metal on metal tightened well was never an problem for me but I used plates on lenses far less than most. I use and used them more as an attachment point for my black rapids straps and to rest in the palm of my hand target rifle style when shooting.
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5.25" should be long enough. I used that 6" RRS shown on my Z 180-600 above on my 600 f/4 E with D6 and gripped D850 and tested them on my Flexshooter Pro with clamp and it worked great. I also tested the Z9 and Z800 on the flexshooter but that was with the Hejnar "beta" replacement foot I was testing for him and it worked great. It hopefully will be many years yet before I need to put the Z80-600 on a tripod or monopod compared to the 600 f4E I bought the Flexshooter to use with and even my old Sigma 150-600 sport that I bought the wimberly gimbal for it is a dinky little thing
Chris told me that he was not planning on making a replacement collar and foot assembly as that one piece unit would be quite expensive, much more than the foot only replacement on other lenses like Z800, Z100-400 etc. and he does not expect those buying a lens at this price level would want to pay that price.
I understand that, but what about a plate specifically for this lens? Or will we just buy another plate in the hopes it will work ok?
He plans on making a plate but I just used the RRS plate I had on hand photo of it on the lens is posted earlier. It works great for me, I also had spare lens caps, Break through photography UV and CPL filters that were the right size so got lucky.
I need a plate with a QD. Thinking of the Kirk plate others have showed.
I do not have a need for QD so just my old fashioned threaded hole for my BR strap works.
AzYooper
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Link to Hejnar plate
I ordered the Hejnar Photo NLP-001 today for $42 (plus 22.52 shipping, sadly). It has a locking pin to maintain alignment. It has the QD hole which I will use it on the Black Rapid straps I own. QD and never look back. Pop on - - pop off and no loose screws to worry about.
I ordered the Hejnar Photo NLP-001 today for $42 (plus 22.52 shipping, sadly). It has a locking pin to maintain alignment. It has the QD hole which I will use it on the Black Rapid straps I own. QD and never look back. Pop on - - pop off and no loose screws to worry about.
Exactly why I purchased the Kirk plate!
The other hole is for they QD. I have a Really Right Stuff plate that was in my drawer and have used it multiple times it attaches the same way and has a threaded hole for my BR strap attachement. I have not had any issues with any looseness after multiple uses since 9-5-23 and do not expect any. I would not expect any issues with the Henjar plate. I use my 180-600 on my Z9. I will replace the whole collar assembly with a RRS when it is available just as I did with my f mount 200-500.
I had asked the same questions when I saw the prototype. I think this is not one of their better efforts.
RugglesZ9
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From Amazon I ordered a cheap [$18] machined aluminum 6" plate with two screws, one of each size, that fits the stock foot perfectly and so far is secure until I find something I know works -- having both screws keeps the plate from twisting.
Most of the posted solutions are too short for the lens, and don't allow enough slide to balance the lens and camera [I use a z8 and z9 which give different balance points]. The screws have built-in "twisters" to tighten the screws, and I check them frequently just to be safe, but then I also do that with the BR strap - when I remember, I'll add some Loctite. I usually use a Wimberley, so balance is critical.
It is irritating that Nikon doesn't offer a good solution for a recurring problem requiring an add-on plate. I still have a Nikon 80-400mm which is ancient: I have two complete collars for it, one from Nikon and a stiffer one from RRS. Probably paid a fortune, but the RRS collar has a built in Arca-Swiss foot. And, NO, I haven't used that lens for years.
Most of the posted solutions are too short for the lens, and don't allow enough slide to balance the lens and camera [I use a z8 and z9 which give different balance points]. The screws have built-in "twisters" to tighten the screws, and I check them frequently just to be safe, but then I also do that with the BR strap - when I remember, I'll add some Loctite. I usually use a Wimberley, so balance is critical.
It is irritating that Nikon doesn't offer a good solution for a recurring problem requiring an add-on plate. I still have a Nikon 80-400mm which is ancient: I have two complete collars for it, one from Nikon and a stiffer one from RRS. Probably paid a fortune, but the RRS collar has a built in Arca-Swiss foot. And, NO, I haven't used that lens for years.
I use a Promedia gear PX6 QD plate on my 100-400 and 400 4.5. From the images above the 180-600 foot looks the same design.
PMG has a QD socket and also comes with 2 bolts which can be attached to the 2 threaded holes in the Nikon foot.
Different lens plate lengths are available from PMG.
PMG has a QD socket and also comes with 2 bolts which can be attached to the 2 threaded holes in the Nikon foot.
Different lens plate lengths are available from PMG.
I definitely wouldn’t use that QD point.
I honestly know nothing about QD so can not comment. The Really Right Stuff plate I have uses the same hole in the foot, in fact every plate I have ever seen which is not many uses that hole. It seems very solid and I have had no problem.
The biggest issue for me would be that it appears to be quite short pretty much the same length as the stock foot which is to short.
I have a lot of Henjar replacement feet but actually no plates. I like the feet a lot and have replaced Kirk feet with them because they were longer and ergonomically better for my palm rest target rifle style hand hold. They also are much more secure than the nikon feet they replaced.
FlyingLeopard.ch
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KIRK replacement collar for Nikon Z 180-600mm:
kirkphoto.com
USD 250
Replacement collar for Nikon Z 180-600mm f/5.6-6.3 VR
Kirk replacement collar for the Nikon Z 180-600mm f5.6-6.3 VR lens.
kirkphoto.com
USD 250
I haven't got a 180-600 (yet) but if I get one I'll probably go for the iShoot IS-Z1860. I've had several iShoot feet, also with integrated collar and they worked fine. Obviously you can't get the smoothness of the collars of the more expensive lenses, but at least I can say that the foot with collar for F-Mount 70-200 f4G and 300f4E PF worked great and at least on the level you woulds get from the Nikon counterpart, plus you have direct Arca Swiss with out having mess around with plates. This applies to the fixation of the lens by tightening the knob as well as the opening and closing mechanism for easy attaching an detaching the entire collar.
I know that many people don't trust "China stuff" and prefer to pay multiple times the price for luxury brands, but in this case it was absolutely o.k. - at least for me .
Sorry I forgot the link (sorry, German)
I know that many people don't trust "China stuff" and prefer to pay multiple times the price for luxury brands, but in this case it was absolutely o.k. - at least for me
.Sorry I forgot the link (sorry, German)
ajrmd
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Do you want to sell me the foot? I've never had a Hejnar product fail and as much as I don't like the idea of a plate on a foot, the $250 Kirk thing is not a good value IMHO. And the IShoot is not an option because of the lack of the QD connect.
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