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It looks like it should work. If you go for it, please post some pix of the set up with your P1000 in place. Good luck.
 
I purchased this support and it's not usable . In any case too heavy and the only piece I need is a long plate with a thin slice of foam to support the lens.
 
CrisL said:
I purchased this support and it's not usable .
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Could you please give a bit of detail about why it isn't usable?
CrisL said:
In any case too heavy and the only piece I need is a long plate with a thin slice of foam to support the lens.
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Could you please give a bit more detail about your own set-up? Perhaps a picture?

Thanks
 
bluzman said:
CrisL said:
I purchased this support and it's not usable .
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Could you please give a bit of detail about why it isn't usable?
bluzman said:
In any case too heavy and the only piece I need is a long plate with a thin slice of foam to support the lens.
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Could you please give a bit more detail about your own set-up? Perhaps a picture?

Thanks
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Yes look at the arangement , we need to raise up the camera with two extra pieces that I don't need while I used only the rail with a small piece of foam to support the front of the camera's body. the rail is nice as you can easily center the weight . The rail is blocked when mounted on the big Andoer support





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It’s hard to see what exactly is happening around that piece of foam - can you do show a close-up please. I have tried to enlarge it on my tablet, but it's too blurry to tell

Thanks
 
Marcodpr said:
It’s hard to see what exactly is happening around that piece of foam - can you do show a close-up please. I have tried to enlarge it on my tablet, but it's too blurry to tell

Thanks
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Nothing special when your screw the P1000 on a long plate you see trere is a small space between the lower part of the lens fixed part and the plate . The idea is to put anything you like to better rigidised/secured the mounting and avoid the camera angle move .
 
The most important part of any given tripod for the P 1000 is how it moves vertically and horizontally the more ball bearings the better
This is why I use Manfrotto. And yes when the lens is extended you do need that frontal support to minimize any vibration especially when you do a video of the planets and or the moon Hand holding this camera at 3000 mm and 12,000 mm just does not cut it
 
Manfrotto also makes a support which looks okay in a picture, but apparently people have had trouble making it work. There is a Japanese support (takes a while to receive it after ordering, unless somebody has stockpiled it in the US) which is light and perfect. It does require a 150mm tripod plate. Look for it in threads to this forum posted in approximately Nov 2018 to Jan 2019.
 
That looks very neat. I have a slight concern that there could be quite a lot of torque on the camera where it’s attached to the 120mm plate. Have you considered putting some sort of packing between the plate and the lens barrel? Or with a longer plate the support would be even nearer the control ring
 
I followed Sherman Levine and got 2-piece support for my P1000, in this thread:

https://www.dpreview.com/forums/thread/4319655?page=2

I used a round felt to support the front of the camera. I am buying a felt strip to put in between the camera and the plate.

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I got one of these things a while back:

"LIM'S Quick Release Camera Tripod Dovetail Plate for Nikon P1000 "


Amazon.com : LIM'S Quick Release Camera Tripod Dovetail Plate for Nikon P1000 P1100 : Electronics

Amazon.com : LIM'S Quick Release Camera Tripod Dovetail Plate for Nikon P1000 P1100 : Electronics
www.amazon.com

It's expensive for what you get but it is a purpose built camera/lens support for the p1000 allowing you to mount the camera closer to it's center of gravity. Works well for me.
 
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That's the one. When I had a P1000, I had one of those, and I liked it a lot. For better or worse, the P1000 was too bulky and too big for me. But the Lim's support is excellent, with the 150mm long QM plate.
 
You're not wrong, it definitely could be cheaper, considering it's really just a small piece of nicely machined metal with a little bit of foam.

It could be a bit longer too. The positioning of the lens support is about half way from the front of the lens to the back of the camera which is great for varied zoom positions. But if you spend a lot of time with the lens fully extended (as I do when I dabble in astrophotography) you can still get some slight camera movement (drooping) cause by the center of gravity being in front of the mount point.

All that said, I'm very happy with mine.
 
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