Mounting Bracket

[yakfisher]

I have a Nikon 70-300 VR lens that is pretty heavy, especially when fully extended, and I am wondering if any of you know if there is a mounting bracket out there that will screw into the base of the camera and then extend forward under the lens and mount to a tripod. This would be similar to the brackets that are built into some of the longer, heavier lenses out there. My camera with that lens is very front heavy and I get a little slippage from the tripod when I try to lock it in for the shot. I have picked up a different tripod with a micro ball head, but I am afraid that I still may need this feature so that the whole system is more stable and less front heavy. Any ideas or help would be great. Thanks

[Steve Foss]

yak, check with Nikon and see if they make an aftermarket tripod ring for that lens. I don't know about Nikon, but with Canon, most lenses not in their top L series don't come with tripod rings, but Canon sells those tripod rings to fit a variety of different lenses.

[yakfisher]

Thanks Steve, I'll check it out.