Wimberley Professional Photo Gear - Replacement Feet for Large Lenses

Lens Replacement Feet

These custom low-profile replacement feet replace the factory foot on the rotation collar of your lens. These feet also serve as the Arca-Swiss style quick-release plate eliminating the bulk and complexity of an additional plate. A Wimberley lens foot also improves lens handling on a conventional tripod head, such as a ball head, and also makes it easier to pack.

Using our replacement foot on your large lens decreases the overall height of the lens, lowering the center of gravity so that it is easier to achieve proper balance when used on a gimbal head such as the Wimberley Head. When using the Sidekick or Sidemount Wimberley Head, replacement feet are useful and sometimes required for optimal gimbal head performance.

The replacement feet are precision machined to slide right into an Arca-Swiss style quick-release clamp. They also have tapped holes for mounting to non-quick-release tripod heads and monopods. All replacement feet feature the same safety stops and flash bracket compatibility as our lens plates.

Wimberley Replacement Lens Feet lower the lens profile compared with the manufacturer's original lens foot.

Lens feet are often a weak link in a lens support system. We use finite element analysis validated by empirical data when we design our feet. This process allows us to reduce weight while maintaining an appropriate level of stiffness. Other manufacturers often reduce weight by removing too much material. This may so drastically reduce the stiffness of the foot that it becomes a weak link (undermining the stiffness of the entire setup).

* Arca Swiss profile is not compatible with most Manfrotto or Gitzo Clamps.

AP-452 ($79.00) What's Included

LOW PROFILE Replacement Foot
For Nikon: 400 f/2.8 AF-S (I & II) and VR (I & II)
600 f/4 AF-S II and VR (I & II)

Dimensions (Overall L x W x H): 5.5 x 1.5 x .6 in
Weight: 6.4 Oz (plate, mounting screws, & safety-stop screws)

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AP-551 ($100.00) What's Included

For Nikon: 180-400 f/4.0 TC 1.4 FL VR
        200-400 f/4.0 VR
               300 f/2.8 VR (I & II)
                500 f/4.0 VR FL

Dimensions (Overall L x W x H): 5.1 x 1.7 x 1.5 in
Weight: 5.4 Oz (plate, mounting screws, safety-stop screws)

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AP-552 ($75.00) What's Included

For Nikon: 200 f/2.0 VR (I & II)

Dimensions (Overall L x W x H): 5.5 x 1.5 x .5 in
Weight: 4.2 Oz (plate, mounting screws, safety-stop screws)

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AP-554 ($100.00) What's Included

For Nikon: 500 f/4 AF-S (I & II) and VR

Dimensions (Overall L x W x H): 5.5 x 1.7 x 1.7 in
Weight: 6.1 oz (plate, mounting screws, & safety-stop screws)

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AP-555 ($120.00) What's Included

For Nikon: 400 f/2.8 FL VR
600 f/4.0 FL VR
800 f/5.6 FL VR

Dimensions (Overall L x W x H): 6.75 x 1.7 x 1.7 in
Weight: 7.6 oz (plate, mounting screws, & safety-stop screws)

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AP-602 ($79.00) What's Included

LOW PROFILE Replacement Foot
For Canon: 400 f/2.8 IS (I & II)
600 f/4.0 IS (I & II)
800 f/5.6 IS

For Sigma: 500 f/4 DG OS HSM

Dimensions (Overall L x W x H): 6.63 x 1.7 x .63 in
Weight: 6.7 Oz (plate, mounting screws, safety-stop screws)

Note: The IS version I uses the 4 screws from the existing
foot for mounting. The IS version II uses the included
mounting screws for mounting.

This particular plate mounts so close to the lens that it is difficult to use the replacment foot as a handle

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AP-603 ($100.00) What's Included

For Canon: 300 f/2.8 IS II
         200-400 f/4.0 IS
                  500 f/4.0 IS II
                  400 f/4.0 DO IS II

Dimensions (Overall L x W x H): 4.8 x 1.7 x 1.4 in
Weight: 5.2 Oz (plate, mounting screws, safety-stop screws)

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AP-604 ($110.00) What's Included

For Canon: 400 f/2.8 IS (I & II)
600 f/4.0 IS (I & II)

Dimensions (Overall L x W x H): 5.9 x 1.7 x 1.7 in
Weight: 6.8 Oz (plate, mounting screws, safety-stop screws)

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AP-608 ($100.00) What's Included

For Canon: 800 f/5.6 IS

For Sigma: 150-600 f/5.0-6.3 Sports

Dimensions (Overall L x W x H): 6.1 x 1.7 x 1.3 in
Weight: 6.2 Oz (plate, mounting screws, safety-stop screws)

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AP-609 ($79.00) What's Included

For Sony: 400 f/2.8 GM OSS

Dimensions (Overall L x W x H): 4.7 x 1.6 x 0.7 in
Weight: 3.8 Oz (plate, mounting screws, safety-stop screws)

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AP-652 ($79.00) What's Included

LOW PROFILE Replacement Foot
For Nikon: 600 f/4 AF-S version I
(version II uses AP-452)

Dimensions (Overall L x W x H): 5.5 x 1.5 x .6 in
Weight: 6 Oz (plate, mounting screws, safety-stop screws)

Lowers the overall height of the lens by about 1”.

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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