Spacer or riser for foot of 400mm f/4.5 or 100-400mm lens

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Calson

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A lens plate that is long enough to achieve good balance with the 400mm f/4.5 lens attached to the Z9 camera there is a problem where the stock foot of the lens is not tall enough and so the lens plate hits the Z9 camera body. I need a space to attach to the base of the Nikon foot so that there will be enough clearance for the lens plate.

I have looked at the "cheese" blocks sold for video rigs but they are usually not thick enough for the height gain I need.
 
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You might need to design your own and get an engineering shop to machine one up out of aluminium. The stock foot has two tapped holes so you can attach a block without risk of it rotating. You’ll just need to shift the plate attachment holes according.
 
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The fellow who has the Peanut Chu Youtubes has something that takes care of the problem but I cannot determine exactly what was used.
It looks like a RRS nodal lens mount but it may be something else.


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If you want yo use two plates then there is a number of options. I was suggesting a solution that uses a fixed spacer and one plate.
sunwayfoto or Hejnar may have something similar to the RRS for less cash
 
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