where can i get tripod collars ?

[glennyong]

Hi,

i am looking for some tripod collars. wonder if we can get third party collars or original collars beside going baack to original service centres and tcw and cathay ?

hehe.. lost 2 of my collars... muz be i lost them on the msia trip... cant find them too.... looking for both nikons and sigmas tripod collars.

[Ian]

Originally Posted by glennyong Hi, i am looking for some tripod collars. wonder if we can get third party collars or original collars beside going baack to original service centres and tcw and cathay ? hehe.. lost 2 of my collars... muz be i lost them on the msia trip... cant find them too.... looking for both nikons and sigmas tripod collars.

Sure you can get 3rd party collars, any machine shop can knock them up for you at a cost that will be probably 2-3 times as much as buying them from Nikon or an authorised stockist of Nikon spare parts. The same applies to Sigma collars.

No sympathy from me for loosing collars, I've never lost one in over 27 years of professional photography.

[glennyong]

u tink i wan de mehz.. hiaz.. i am still looking for it.. seems like lost le.. so i gotta prepare to spend some $ to get them le.. sigh...

nvm.. besides getting them from authorised dealers and get them from frm machine shops.. wheree can get ????

[glennyong]

help ???

[Ian]

Originally Posted by glennyong u tink i wan de mehz.. hiaz.. i am still looking for it.. seems like lost le.. so i gotta prepare to spend some $ to get them le.. sigh... nvm.. besides getting them from authorised dealers and get them from frm machine shops.. wheree can get ????

You can try eBay and some of the camera shop service departments both in SG and around the world via the net. Just make sure you email in legible english, not that Singlish crap u posted above lah.

I've never seen any collars apart from 3rd party collars for the old one touch 80-200/2.8 AF's available on eBay. I see you going down to Nikon SG and buying them for big $$ .... that will teach you not to look after your kit

[jeff3tan]

Originally Posted by glennyong help ???

If happend that you are looking for a Sigma collar, TCW do have one on sale.

But it cost a arm & leg man .. $250. But this is not like the one that comes with the 70-200 one .. its a lot more steady and controlled.

U can check them out.

[glennyong]

Originally Posted by jeff3tan If happend that you are looking for a Sigma collar, TCW do have one on sale. But it cost a arm & leg man .. $250. But this is not like the one that comes with the 70-200 one .. its a lot more steady and controlled. U can check them out.

yah i saw it too... that collar is for the 50-500.. i dunno if it fits to my sigma one ornot.... hmmm

Originally Posted by Ian You can try eBay and some of the camera shop service departments both in SG and around the world via the net. Just make sure you email in legible english, not that Singlish crap u posted above lah. I've never seen any collars apart from 3rd party collars for the old one touch 80-200/2.8 AF's available on eBay. I see you going down to Nikon SG and buying them for big $$ .... that will teach you not to look after your kit 1 Day Ago 07:58 PM

hmmm................................ its super ex. they dun even have stocks for it . i called them a few mins ago..

[Ian]

Originally Posted by glennyong hmmm................................ its super ex. they dun even have stocks for it . i called them a few mins ago..

... I see you having to order one and wait a while ...

[glennyong]

Originally Posted by Ian ... I see you having to order one and wait a while ...

haha.. guess what.. they call me to call them again 2molo or the day after 2molo....

lemme call them 2molo and see...

i checked Ebay.. but dun have 3rd party tripod collars... sigh...

[espn]

Originally Posted by Ian ... I see you having to order one and wait a while ...

Ian, I see you have something big for people who lose their tripod collars?

[Ian]

Originally Posted by espn Ian, I see you have something big for people who lose their tripod collars?

Yeah, I can just about understand someone loosing one tripod collar, but not two. That smacks of incompetence big time on the part of the photographer.

If glenny had lost a couple of supertele lens hoods he'd really know what big $$ means. Some of them run close on 1,000.00 SGD.

[glennyong]

Originally Posted by Ian Yeah, I can just about understand someone loosing one tripod collar, but not two. That smacks of incompetence big time on the part of the photographer. If glenny had lost a couple of supertele lens hoods he'd really know what big $$ means. Some of them run close on 1,000.00 SGD.

i still desperately looking at the back of the car hood and see if it was stuck there or sometime since i took them off during the customs... .... sigh.. still finding the nikon one...

i found the sigma one.. lying beside the spare tyre... i also dunno hw it landed there... hmmmz....