Re: EOS Tripod Mount for 75-300mmIS?

2001-10-24 Thread Radanovic, Milan
Hi Julian, Thanks for your response. I don't care for the sand bag approach since the camera is not firmly attached to the tripod. Any bump could result in a disaster... The Manfrotto mount looks interesting, but it doesn't appear to permit vertical shots since it is fixed to the camera's trip

Re: EOS Tripod Mount for 75-300mmIS?

2001-10-22 Thread Julian Loke
> "Radanovic, Milan" wrote: > Is there a tripod collar available for the 75-300mmIS? Or, better yet, > is there an inexpensive DIY method for mounting this lense to a tripod? Hi Milan, Did you try a sand/rice/wheat-bag? Or the Manfrotto telephoto lens support #293 (Bogen #3420) http://manfrott

EOS Tripod Mount for 75-300mmIS?

2001-10-22 Thread Radanovic, Milan
I've been reading the "EOS Reversing Lens for Macro" thread with great interest. I have a question: how do you mount the camera + 75-300mmIS + 50mm to a tripod? I don't believe that the 75-300mm has a tripod collar. I have mounted my EOS Elan with the 75-300mm to a tripod but found it difficult