Wimberley Professional Photo Gear - The Wimberley Gimbal Head

Lens Plate Recommendations

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Recommendation List

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Canon

CANON LENSES	Plate Recommendations for: WIMBERLEY HEAD (WH-200) And Non-Gimbal Heads (Ball Heads, etc.)	Plate Recommendations for: SIDEKICK (SK-100)	Plate Recommendations for: Sidemount Wimberley (WH-200-S)
65 2.8 1-5x Macro	P-20	P-20	P-20
100 2.8 Macro IS & non-IS	P-20	P-20	P-20
180 3.5 Macro	P-20	P-20	P-20
28-300 3.5-5.6 IS	P-20	P-20	P-20
35-350 3.5-5.6 IS	P-20	P-20	P-20
70-200 2.8 non-IS	P-20	P-20	P-20
70-200 2.8 IS	P-20	P-20	P-20
70-200 2.8 IS II & IS III	P-10	P-10	P-10
70-200 4.0 non-IS & IS & IS II	P-10	P-10	P-10
70-300 4.0-5.6 IS	P-20	P-20	P-20
80-200 2.8	P-20	P-20	P-20
100-400 4.5-5.6 IS	P-20	P-20	P-20
100-400 4.5-5.6 IS II	P-10 Mounted in reverse	P-10 Mounted in reverse	P-10 Mounted in reverse
200 1.8	P-20	P-20	P-20
200 2.0 IS	P-20	P-20	P-20
200 2.8 IS II	P-20	P-20	P-20
200-400 4.0 IS Ext 1.4	P-40 or AP-603	P-40 + AP-900 or AP-603	P-40 or AP-603
300 2.8 non-IS	P-20	P-20	P-20
300 2.8 IS I	P-30	P-30	P-30
300 2.8 IS II	P-20 or AP-603	P-20 or AP-603	P-20 or AP-603
300 4.0 non-IS	P-10	P-10	P-10
300 4.0 IS	P-20	P-20	P-20
400 2.8 non-IS	P-50	P-50 + AP-900	(not compatible w/ Sidemount)
400 2.8 IS I	P-40 or AP-604	AP-602	AP-602
400 2.8 IS II	P-40 or AP-604	AP-602	AP-602
400 4.0 DO IS I	P-20	P-20	P-20
400 4.0 DO IS II	P-20 or AP-603	P-20 or AP-603	P-20 or AP-603
400 5.6	P-20	P-20	P-20
500 4.0 IS I	P-40	P-40	P-40
500 4.0 IS II	P-40 or AP-603	AP-603	AP-603
500 4.5 non-IS	P-40	P-40	P-40
600 4.0 non-IS	P-50	P-50 + AP-900	(not compatible w/ Sidemount)
600 4.0 IS ver. I	P-40 or AP-604	(P-40 + AP-902) or AP-602	P-40 or AP-602
600 4.0 IS II	P-40 or AP-604	(P-40 + AP-901) or AP-602	P-40 or AP-602
600 4.5 (Manual Focus)	P-50	P-50	P-50
800 5.6 IS	P-40 or AP-608	AP-608	AP-608
800 5.6 (Manual Focus)	P-50	P-50	P-50

Fuji

FUJI LENSES	Plate Recommendations for: WIMBERLEY HEAD (WH-200) And Non-Gimbal Heads (Ball Heads, etc.)	Plate Recommendations for: SIDEKICK (SK-100)	Plate Recommendations for: Sidemount Wimberley (WH-200-S)
50-140 2.8 WR	P-10	P-10	P-10
100-400 4.5-5.6 WR	P-30	P-30	P-30

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Konica Minolta

SONY LENSES	Plate Recommendations for: WIMBERLEY HEAD (WH-200) And Non-Gimbal Heads (Ball Heads, etc.)	Plate Recommendations for: SIDEKICK (SK-100)	Plate Recommendations for: Sidemount Wimberley (WH-200-S)
70-200 2.8 APO SSM	P-10 + BS-100	P-10 + BS-100	P-10 + BS-100
80-200 2.8 APO	P-10 + BS-100	P-10 + BS-100	P-10 + BS-100
300 2.8 APO G D SSM	P-20 + BS-100	P-20 + BS-100	P-20 + BS-100
400 4.5 APO G	P-10 + BS-100	P-10 + BS-100	P-10 + BS-100
600 4 APO G	P-50	P-50	P-50

Leica

LEICA LENSES (APO-TELYT-R Modular System)	Plate Recommendations for: WIMBERLEY HEAD (WH-200) And Non-Gimbal Heads (Ball Heads, etc.)	Plate Recommendations for: SIDEKICK (SK-100)	Plate Recommendations for: Sidemount Wimberley (WH-200-S)
90-280 2.8-4	P-30	P-30	P-30

Nikon

NIKON LENSES	Plate Recommendations for: WIMBERLEY HEAD (WH-200) And Non-Gimbal Heads (Ball Heads, etc.)	Plate Recommendations for: SIDEKICK (SK-100)	Plate Recommendations for: Sidemount Wimberley (WH-200-S)
70-180 4.5-5.6 AF Macro	P-10	P-10	P-10
200 4.0 Ai-S Macro	P-10	P-10	P-10
200 4.0 AF Macro	P-10	P-10	P-10
70-200 2.8 VR I	P-20	P-20	P-20
70-200 2.8 VR II	P-20	P-20	P-20
70-200 2.8 E FL VR	P-20	P-20	P-20
70-200 4.0 AF-S VR	P-20	P-20	P-20
80-200 2.8 AF	P-10	P-10	P-10
80-200 2.8 AF-S	P-10	P-10	P-10
80-400 4.5-5.6 AF VR	P-10	P-10	P-10
80-400 4.5-5.6 AF-S VR	P-10	P-10	P-10
180-400 4.0 FL VR TC 1.4	P-40 or AP-551	AP-551	AP-551
200-400 4.0 VR (I & II)	P-40 or AP-551	AP-551	AP-551
200-500 5.6 E VR	P-30	P-30	P-30
200 2.0 Ai & Ai-S	P-10	P-10	P-10
200 2.0 VR (I & II)	AP-552	AP-552	AP-552
300 2.8 Ai-S & Ai	P-10	P-10	P-10
300 2.8 AF	P-20	P-20	P-20
300 2.8 AF-I	P-20	P-20	P-20
300 2.8 AF-S (I & II)	P-30	P-30	P-30
300 2.8 VR (I & II)	P-30 or AP-551	P-30 or AP-551	P-30 or AP-551
300 4.0 AF	P-10	P-10	P-10
300 4.0 AF-S	P-10	P-10	P-10
300 4.0 E PF VR	P-20	P-20	P-20
300 4.5 Ai-S	P-10	P-10	P-10
400 2.8 Ai-S & AF-I	P-50	P-50 + AP-903	(not compatible w/ Sidemount)
400 2.8 AF-S (I & II)	AP-452 (Mandatory for use w/ WH-200)	AP-452	AP-452
400 2.8 VR (I & II)	AP-452 (Mandatory for use w/ WH-200)	AP-452	AP-452
400 2.8 FL VR	P-40 or AP-555	AP-555 + AP-900	(not compatible w/ Sidemount)
400 3.5 (Manual Focus)	P-30	P-30	P-30
400 5.6 Ai-S	P-20	P-20	P-20
500 5.6 PF VR	P-20 or AP-500	P-20 or AP-500	P-20 or AP-500
500 4.0 Ai P	P-30	P-30	P-30
500 4.0 AF-I	P-40	P-40 + AP-902	(not compatible w/ Sidemount)
500 4.0 AF-S (I & II)	P-40 or AP-554	AP-554	AP-554
500 4.0 VR (I & II)	P-40 or AP-554	AP-554	AP-554
500 4.0 FL VR	P-40 or AP-551	AP-551	AP-551
600 4.0 Ai-S	P-50	P-50 + AP-900	(not compatible w/ Sidemount)
600 4.0 AF-I	P-50	P-50 + AP-902	(not compatible w/ Sidemount)
600 4.0 AF-S I	AP-652	AP-652 + AP-900	(not compatible w/ Sidemount)
600 4.0 AF-S II	AP-452 (Mandatory for use w/ WH-200)	AP-452	AP-452
600 4.0 VR (I & II)	AP-452 (Mandatory for use w/ WH-200)	AP-452	AP-452
600 4.0 FL VR	P-50 or AP-555	AP-555 + AP-901	(not compatible w/ Sidemount)
600 5.6 Ai-S	P-30	P-30	P-30
800 5.6 (Manual Focus)	P-50	P-50 + AP-900	(not compatible w/ Sidemount)
800 5.6 FL VR	P-40 or AP-555	AP-555 + AP-901	AP-555

Olympus

OLYMPUS (ZUIKO/M.ZUIKO LENSES)	Plate Recommendations for: WIMBERLEY HEAD (WH-200) And Non-Gimbal Heads (Ball Heads, etc.)	Plate Recommendations for: SIDEKICK (SK-100)	Plate Recommendations for: Sidemount Wimberley (WH-200-S)
35-100 2.0 Zuiko	P-20	P-20	P-20
40-150 2.8 M.Zuiko	P-10	P-10	P-10
50-200 2.8-3.5 Zuiko	P-20	P-20	P-20
90-250 2.8 Zuiko	P-40	P-40	P-40
150 2.0 Zuiko	P-20	P-20	P-20
300 2.8 Zuiko	P-30	P-30	P-30
300 4.0 M.Zuiko	P-20	P-20	P-20

Panasonic/Lumix

PANASONIC LENSES	Plate Recommendations for: WIMBERLEY HEAD (WH-200) And Non-Gimbal Heads (Ball Heads, etc.)	Plate Recommendations for: SIDEKICK (SK-100)	Plate Recommendations for: Sidemount Wimberley (WH-200-S)
100-400 4-6.3 OIS	P-30	P-30	P-30

Pentax

PENTAX LENSES	Plate Recommendations for: WIMBERLEY HEAD (WH-200) And Non-Gimbal Heads (Ball Heads, etc.)	Plate Recommendations for: SIDEKICK (SK-100)	Plate Recommendations for: Sidemount Wimberley (WH-200-S)
60-250 4.0 SMC DA	P-20	P-20	P-20
80-200 2.8 SMC FA	P-20	P-20	P-20
150-450 4.5-5.6 D-FA AW	P-40	P-40	P-40
200 4.0 Macro SMC A	P-20	P-20	P-20
250-600 5.6 SMC P-FA	P-50	P-50	P-50
300 2.8 SMC P-A (Manual Focus)	P-20	P-20	P-20
300 2.8 AF SMC P-FA	P-30	P-30	P-30
300 4.0 SMC-DA	P-30	P-30	P-30
400 2.8 SMC A	P-30	P-30	P-30
560 5.6 DA AW	P-50	P-50	P-50
600 4.0 SMC P-FA	P-50	P-50	P-50

Sigma

SIGMA LENSES	Plate Recommendations for: WIMBERLEY HEAD (WH-200) And Non-Gimbal Heads (Ball Heads, etc.)	Plate Recommendations for: SIDEKICK (SK-100)	Plate Recommendations for: Sidemount Wimberley (WH-200-S)
Lens with a TS-41 Collar & foot	P-40	P-40	P-40
50-500 4.5-6.3 APO	P-40	P-40	P-40
70-200 2.8 APO	P-10	P-10	P-10
80-200 2.8	P-10	P-10	P-10
80-400 4.5-5.6 APO OS	P-40	P-40	P-40
100-300 4.0 APO	P-10	P-10	P-10
120-300 2.8 DG	P-30	P-30	P-30
120-300 2.8 DG OS	P-30	P-30	P-30
120-300 2.8 DG OS Sports	P-40	P-40	P-40
120-400 4.5-5.6 DG OS	P-30	P-30	P-30
135-400 4.5-5.6	P-10	P-10	P-10
150 2.8 OS Macro	P-20	P-20	P-20
150-500 5-6.3 APO	P-50	P-50	P-50
150-600 5.0-6.3 Contemporary	P-30	P-30	P-30
150-600 5.0-6.3 Sports	P-50 or AP-608	P-50 or AP-608	P-50 or AP-608
170-500 5.0-6.3 APO	P-10	P-10	P-10
180 2.8 OS Macro	P-10	P-10	P-10
300 4.0	P-10	P-10	P-10
300 2.8 APO	P-20	P-20	P-20
300-800 5.6 APO	P-50	P-50 + AP-900	(not compatible w/ Sidemount)
400 5.6 APO	P-10	P-10	P-10
500 4.0 OS Sports	P-50 (or AP-602)	P-50 (or AP-602)	P-50 (or AP-602)
500 4.5 non-HSM	P-30	P-30 + AP-900	(not compatible w/ Sidemount)
500 4.5 APO	P-50	P-50 + AP-900	(not compatible w/ Sidemount)
800 5.6 APO	P-50	P-50 + AP-900	(not compatible w/ Sidemount)

Sony

SONY LENSES	Plate Recommendations for: WIMBERLEY HEAD (WH-200) And Non-Gimbal Heads (Ball Heads, etc.)	Plate Recommendations for: SIDEKICK (SK-100)	Plate Recommendations for: Sidemount Wimberley (WH-200-S)
28-135 4.0 FE PZ G OSS	P-20 + BS-100	P-20 + BS-100	P-20 + BS-100
70-200 2.8 G SSM I & II	P-20 + BS-100	P-20 + BS-100	P-20 + BS-100
70-200 2.8 GM OSS	P-10 or AP-611	P-10 or AP-611	P-10 or AP-611
70-200 4.0 G OSS	P-20 + BS-100	P-20 + BS-100	P-20 + BS-100
70-400 4-5.6 G SSM I & II	P-20 + BS-100	P-20 + AP-903 + BS-100	P-20 + BS-100
100-400 4.5-5.6 FE GM OSS	P-20 or AP-610	P-20 or AP-610	P-20 or AP-610
300 2.8 G SSM I & II	P-30 + BS-100	P-30 + BS-100	P-30 + BS-100
400 2.8 GM OSS	P-40 or AP-609	AP-609	AP-609
500 4.0 G SSM	P-40	P-40	P-40

Tamron

TAMRON LENSES	Plate Recommendations for: WIMBERLEY HEAD (WH-200) And Non-Gimbal Heads (Ball Heads, etc.)	Plate Recommendations for: SIDEKICK (SK-100)	Plate Recommendations for: Sidemount Wimberley (WH-200-S)
70-200 2.8 Di VC	P-20	P-20	P-20
70-200 2.8 AF Macro	P-20	P-20	P-20
70-210 2.8	P-10 + BS-100	P-10 + BS-100	P-10 + BS-100
180 3.5 AF Macro	P-10	P-10	P-10
150-600 5-6.3 VC	P-30	P-30	P-30
150-600 5-6.3 VC G2	P-30	P-30	P-30
200-400 5.6	P-10	P-10	P-10
200-500 5-6.3	P-10	P-10	P-10
300 2.8	P-20	P-20	P-20

Tokina

TOKINA LENSES	Plate Recommendations for: WIMBERLEY HEAD (WH-200) And Non-Gimbal Heads (Ball Heads, etc.)	Plate Recommendations for: SIDEKICK (SK-100)	Plate Recommendations for: Sidemount Wimberley (WH-200-S)
50-135 2.8	P-10	P-10	P-10
70-200 4.0	P-20	P-20	P-20
80-200 2.8	P-10	P-10	P-10
80-400 4.5-5.6	P-20	P-20	P-20
100-300 4.0 APO	P-10	P-10	P-10
100-400 4.0 APO	P-10	P-10	P-10
150-500 5.6	P-20	P-20	P-20
300 2.8	P-20	P-20	P-20
300 4.0	P-10	P-10	P-10
400 5.6 APO	P-10	P-10	P-10

About this Guide

The charts above list the lens plate and additional hardware(if necessary) that we recommend for some of the most common collared lenses. If your lens is not on the list, please contact us and we will be happy to help you find the proper plate. A lens not listed has not been tested.

We try to suggest a plate that will work for all scenarios, but this is not always possible. The balance point of the lens/camera combination is affected by the weight of the camera body and other accessories attached to the lens and each set up is different.

The plates that we recommend should be long enough to:

1.) Properly balance the lens when using our gimbal heads

2.) Allow room to attach a flash bracket to the plate.
In some cases, this means that the plate is significantly longer than the foot of the lens.

NOTE: Other manufacturers' plates may not be long enough or dimensionally compatible in order to properly balance your setup. Check the length of the recommended plate in our charts for comparison. If your particular setup does not balance properly using our suggested plate, please contact us right away so that we can help you find a more suitable plate.

The "Arca-Swiss Style" Quick-Release Geometry The "Arca-Swiss Style" Quick-Release Geometry refers to the open-cavity dovetail quick-release system developed decades ago by Arca-Swiss for use with their Monoball ball heads and large format cameras. After the extreme popularity of the Arca-Swiss B-1 ball head in the 1990s, other companies began manufacturing custom camera-body and lens plates using this geometry. Since then, this geometry has become the industry standard for high-end tripod heads (particularly in the nature photography industry). The figure below shows the basic dimensions of the dovetail used in this system:

The Wimberley Head Version II, Sidekick, and other clamps use this quick-release system, so any lens that you wish to connect to our heads must be equipped with an Arca-Swiss style lens plate or replacement foot. Manufacturers that use the Arca-Swiss Style Quick-Release Geometry include:
Acratech Arca-Swiss Foba Giottos (only on their most recent line of ball heads & plates) Hejnar Jobu Kirk	Markins Novoflex (only on some of their products) Promediagear Really Right Stuff Studioball Wimberley