Wanted: Lens Collar: I'm looking for lens collar to fit a long lens. The lens itself is 77mm. And the collar that I am lookinfg for is something adjustable 75mm to 80mm. Anybody out...

pdsilen Loc: Roswell, New Mexico

I'm looking for lens collar to fit a long lens. The lens itself is 77mm. And the collar that I am lookinfg for is something adjustable 75mm to 80mm. Anybody out there have something like that for sale?

wjones8637 Loc: Burleson, TX

I don't have a collar, but providing more information would be helpful. What manufacturer and model is the lens? Also check the lens to see if it can handle a collar, I would like a collar for my Tamron 18-400, but the designers didn't leave room on the lens barrel.

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

wjones8637 wrote:

I don't have a collar, but providing more information would be helpful. What manufacturer and model is the lens? Also check the lens to see if it can handle a collar, I would like a collar for my Tamron 18-400, but the designers didn't leave room on the lens barrel.

Yes, what lens is it?

tcthome Loc: NJ

pdsilen wrote:

I'm looking for lens collar to fit a long lens. The lens itself is 77mm. And the collar that I am lookinfg for is something adjustable 75mm to 80mm. Anybody out there have something like that for sale?

Are you talking about a step up ring that threads into the front of the lens?

pdsilen Loc: Roswell, New Mexico

No. I'm refering to a support ring for long lens.

pdsilen Loc: Roswell, New Mexico

The lens that I need it for is a Tamron LD 200 - 400mm

pdsilen Loc: Roswell, New Mexico

It is a Tamron LD 200- 400mm

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

pdsilen wrote:

The lens that I need it for is a Tamron LD 200 - 400mm

This lens?
http://www.momentcorp.com/review/tam200-400.html

The reviews from back then say it comes with a collar and tripod shoe. Did you get your lens used without those?

pdsilen Loc: Roswell, New Mexico

YES!

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

pdsilen wrote:

YES!

If your lens has no tripod collar it is the 175D version, the 75D version the collar could not be removed.

Anyone who has one of these lenses is unlikely to sell the collar separately.
You may need to go to a camera store and have them measure/fit a third party collar, if there are any that will fit. This lens has been long discontinued.

wjones8637 Loc: Burleson, TX

pdsilen wrote:

It is a Tamron LD 200- 400mm

I looked at several sites including Tamron, B&H and Amazon and no one has this lens collar. I suspect the lens wasn't designed to accept a lens collar (tripod foot).

Judy795

I have a lens collar that I bought for a Sigma 100-400. That lens didn’t come with one. I still have the collar. Measure the circumference of the place on the lens that you want the collar to fit and post it here, and I will measure my collar.

Mark Sturtevant Loc: Grand Blanc, MI

What I had done was to use an inexpensive caliper from a hardware store to carefully measure the diameter of the lens where the collar would fit, but I discovered that no such collar (quite) existed. I did buy one that was measured to be a bit too big by about a millimeter or so. When I got the collar, I lined the inside with a few layers of painters' tape. This material does not compress, and there isn't enough glue for it to get sticky. The collar fits perfectly. Its an olde trick, really.

pdsilen Loc: Roswell, New Mexico

Judy795 wrote:

I have a lens collar that I bought for a Sigma 100-400. That lens didn’t come with one. I still have the collar. Measure the circumference of the place on the lens that you want the collar to fit and post it here, and I will measure my collar.

If you have a metric measuring device, please let me know the diameter of the inside.

Judy795

This is what I have:

Sigma TS-31 Tripod Collar - for 120-400mm, 150-500mm and 50-500mm f4.5-6.3 Lenses

Product Dimensions 0.39 x 4.72 x 7.09 inches

Question:Does anyone know the inner circumference in inches of the collar? I'd like to use it on a different lens.
Answer:3 3/8 inch expanded, 3 5/16 compressed (approximately, it is not circular)

I don't have a metric way to measure it. I think I used a piece of gaffer tape as a liner to make it nice and tight. I sold the lens after a few weeks and the collar is sitting in a drawer.