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Milling the 200-500 tripod foot

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Matthew Currie:
I was looking at my Nikkor 200-500 5.6 zoom, which as many know has a standard threaded tripod foot, and it looks rather as if one could mill the existing foot to fit an Arca Swiss type tripod mount (at least the older screw types I have), without compromising it much.  It's rather a daunting thing to undertake, and of course you can always just put a tripod pad on it,  but it occurred to me to ask if anyone here has tried it, and if so, how it worked. 

Bjørn Rørslett:
I would not recommend this. The foot is barely acceptable as is.

simsurace:
Yes, it seems that the foot is a bit too thin for that. I think it is easier to just buy a replacement collar which already has the ARCA Swiss dovetail.

Bjørn Rørslett:
Many years ago, I milled the tripod foot of the 600/4 AIS to make a dovetail for Arca-Swiss clamps. However, that lens had a massive foot entirely unlike the modern long lenses.

Matthew Currie:

--- Quote from: Bjørn Rørslett on March 25, 2016, 23:12:34 ---I would not recommend this. The foot is barely acceptable as is.

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I sort of suspected this, but the width is so close it's tempting. 

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