[Hornet]

Like NotSteve I ordered my tripod foot through Rakuten March 8th, it was shipped March 12th and arrived March 18th in Victoria, Canada. $43.75 all in. Meanwhile Pentax Canada has yet to even reply to the "order request" email I provided to them on their insistence at the end of February.

[jpzk]

Folks,

I have finally received the famous Pentax foot from Pentax Canada today.
I took a long while (3 weeks) but it is here now.

For Canadians looking into buying one, please contact Pentax Canada -- Parts Dept and place an order.
It is $46.00 plus shipping (add $10.00).
Mine was delivered Express Post and very nicely packaged.

JP

@ hornet: sorry, I didn't pay attention to your post before mine was posted.
You actually had a better and faster deal with Rakunen.
Spread the word!

[jpzk]

Like NotSteve I ordered my tripod foot through Rakuten March 8th, it was shipped March 12th and arrived March 18th in Victoria, Canada. $43.75 all in. Meanwhile Pentax Canada has yet to even reply to the "order request" email I provided to them on their insistence at the end of February.

See my post just below yours ... you better call because they are indeed not quite good at answering emails.

JP

[blackcloudbrew]

I just received my tripod foot ordered with the above link from www.rakuten.co.jp.

It took less than 2 weeks from order to delivery in the US from Japan. Total was 4,610 yen ($50.05) including shipping and fees. Foot was listed at 2,962 yen ($32.13).

Original Pentax Retail packaging. Item 38100, Tripod Foot for DA*300mm. Bar Code: T4549212218385.

My Pentax K to Q adapter will arrive next week.

Took your advice and bought one of these too from that store. It was a bit tense as most of the communications came by email in Japonese (which I don't speak) but...they figured it out and sent it. It took 3 days to ship from Japan to the USA. Awesome. Paid the same price as above.

[toidpentax]

Does this tripod foot also fit the 60-250 lens or only the 300 and the Pentax Q adapter?

[blackcloudbrew]

I do not know if it fits the 60-250. AFAIK it's only the 300. Anyone else have an idea about that?

[crewl1]

The OEM foot spec'd for the Pentax adapter is the shorter one for the DA *300.

The DA*60-250 uses a longer foot so is a different part number.

The third party foot being developed by Fanotec should be dual purpose. See the other thread for info.

[Lowell Goudge]

I've opted to go for a third party foot for the canon 100/2.8 macro, which is about 1-2 mm bigger in internal diameter that the oD of the adaptor. My reason for this is two fold, first, I will be using it with a variety of lenses, I assume the Pentax adaptors are to put the balance point at the tripod screw for the particular lens. I will resolve this with an additional tripod plate that I already have, so I can set the lens up correctly on my gimbal.

The second reason is that I like the ability of being able to rotate the lens 90 degrees.

I will line the oversized mount with leather to grip the lens. I have tried this with my sigma APO 70-200 mount, but I want that back on the 70-200