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02-11-2020, 10:15 PM   #1
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Question about Pentax 60-250 lens.

Can the Pentax 60-250 zoom be used on a tripod mounted Pentax K-1 without using the lens tripod collar? Or, is it way to heavy to hang from the body?
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I t is a reasonably heavy lens, it comes with a tripod foot, physics would make me go with the tripod foot rather than using the camera to support the lens. I would use the camera in an emergency if the foot wasn't there, however why take the risk
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It's too long and heavy, IMHO. You'd be exerting considerable leverage on the camera's tripod socket and lens mount, not to mention the tripod head. When I'm walking around with the 60-250 on my K-3, I support the lens so that it's not putting strain on the mount.
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Better go with the foot. Every lens that has a tripod foot should be supported by it, or else the camera mount (and equally the lens) takes too much stress by the unbalanced weight. K-1 is about 1000gr, lens is around 1100(?).... and considering the length, it should be supported by foot.


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I've used ist several times on a good tripod, using the body in the arca-swiss mount, because the foor was at home. It works fine, but swings more. But if the shake reduktion is on it work stille fine.

I would prefer the foot, but it works the other way round. With an arca-swiss plate the Body ist strong enough even to hold the 150-450 (forgotten the arca-plate for the lens) - it works, but mounted with the lens it works much better.
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QuoteOriginally posted by joergens.mi Quote
I've used ist several times on a good tripod, using the body in the arca-swiss mount, because the foor was at home. It works fine, but swings more. But if the shake reduktion is on it work stille fine.

I would prefer the foot, but it works the other way round. With an arca-swiss plate the Body ist strong enough even to hold the 150-450 (forgotten the arca-plate for the lens) - it works, but mounted with the lens it works much better.
But would you want to put that much weight and leverage on the camera's lens and tripod mounts? I know they're robust, and it's certainly possible in a pinch, but I question whether it's advisable for regular and/or protracted use.

Each to his or her own, of course...
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I would use the foot

why take the chance of damage if you don't have to ?

reminds me of what my dad said

" you paid for that strap on the camera, use it "

likewise, you paid for the tripod foot on the lens - - -

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The upcoming Pentax 70-210mm F4 will be roughly the same weight and does not come with a foot. That suggests the 60-250 should be fine.

That being said, it does come with a foot and balance / vibration control wil absolutely be better with the foot.
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60-250 1115g w/hood
70-210 859g w/hood
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QuoteOriginally posted by caliscouser Quote
60-250 1115g w/hood
70-210 859g w/hood
And the difference is roughly the weight of the foot itself... I can check when at home but I'm guessing the foot is at least 200-250g.
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With a ball head, you'd need a very large one to have it reasonable stable.

If you have a 3-way head, it works better but still not ideal. The 60-250 is very long wich makes the entire thing quite a lever. If possible, move the quick-release plate to the front as far as possible. There are arca swiss quick release plates that are a few cm long and you could move the camera backwards a bit.

But in any case I'd prefer using the foot.

Is yours missing or do you want so save weight?
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QuoteOriginally posted by bdery Quote
And the difference is roughly the weight of the foot itself... I can check when at home but I'm guessing the foot is at least 200-250g.
Those weights exclude the tripod foot for the 60-250.
That foot would be an additional 115g on top of the 1115g
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QuoteOriginally posted by BigMackCam Quote
But would you want to put that much weight and leverage on the camera's lens and tripod mounts? I know they're robust, and it's certainly possible in a pinch, but I question whether it's advisable for regular and/or protracted use.

Each to his or her own, of course...

He didn't ask explicit for regular use.

I said it is possible and I think it wouldn't damage the camera. I'm using a longer arca-swiss plate, I would never mount the camera directly with a 1/4 screw to a tripod,



To use it this way isn't the best solution, when I use the lens foot I have a better balance and less swinging of the system.

When trying to work on a more professional level, i would always mount the camera-lens system in balance to the tripod, and therefore using the foot.
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QuoteOriginally posted by joergens.mi Quote
He didn't ask explicit for regular use.

I said it is possible and I think it wouldn't damage the camera.
I wasn't calling you out. My question to you was sincere - not rhetorical and/or critical. My apologies if I didn't make that clear

QuoteOriginally posted by joergens.mi Quote
I'm using a longer arca-swiss plate, I would never mount the camera directly with a 1/4 screw to a tripod,

To use it this way isn't the best solution, when I use the lens foot I have a better balance and less swinging of the system.

When trying to work on a more professional level, i would always mount the camera-lens system in balance to the tripod, and therefore using the foot.
Combined with your previous post, that information will - I'm sure - be valuable to the OP.

Thanks for clarifying
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QuoteOriginally posted by bdery Quote
And the difference is roughly the weight of the foot itself... I can check when at home but I'm guessing the foot is at least 200-250g.
Yeah, but that is not weight sticking way out beyond the anchor point- think leverage/weight relationship. Along those lines, the lens's length also is part of the situation, as well as design- how much relative weight in the longer half vs the shorter half of the lens?

My FA 300mm f/4.5 did not come with a tripod foot, while the previous "F" version did. But the "F" version as I recall was different in its design, while the FA version was more svelte- I'm seeing 935g and 160mm long with a 67mm filter size, and without the quite long hood.

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