Re: Question for FA* 300mm f4.5 owners (& Canon 70-200 f4 users)

One of the guys at the red bull race had a 70-200 f2.8 with him (nice lens BTW) & I had a look at the collar. It is indeed too large. Oh well. Thanks for looking guy's. Cheers, Dave On 11/4/07, Christian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Cotty wrote: > > > > I have the EF70-200 2.8 L IS and it has

Re: Question for FA* 300mm f4.5 owners (& Canon 70-200 f4 users)

Cotty wrote: > > I have the EF70-200 2.8 L IS and it has a tripod collar but it's > different from the one you mention: > > > > I took it off and measured the internal dia. and that's 77mm. You see > the locking screw is parallel to

Re: Question for FA* 300mm f4.5 owners (& Canon 70-200 f4 users)

On 03/11/07, David Savage, discombobulated, unleashed: >So my question: Has anyone here ever tried to use these two pieces of >kit together? Can any of our Canon owners confirm that it actually >works as described. I have the EF70-200 2.8 L IS and it has a tripod collar but it's different from th

Re: Question for FA* 300mm f4.5 owners (& Canon 70-200 f4 users

On 11/3/07, David Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > G'day All, > > As we all know one of the minor bad points of this lens, compared to > the F* version, is it's lack of tripod mounting collar . > > I'm a bit of a tinkerer, and I've roughly sketched up a collar design > with a thought to making

Re: Question for FA* 300mm f4.5 owners (& Canon 70-200 f4 users)

No answers for you from me, just the same question. However, if you find a solution, 1. Please let us know! 2. Consider usability not only with the lens, but also with the lens + one or two tele-extenders. stan On Nov 3, 2007, at 5:39 AM, David Savage wrote: > G'day All, > > As we all kn

Re: Question for FA* 300mm f4.5 owners (& Canon 70-200 f4 users)

Dave. Somewere in this mess, i have a Nikon ring that was for the 80-200 F2.8. I'll try and find it and see what the dimensions are. I don't use it anyway and maybe it may be of some use to you. Dave On 11/3/07, David Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > G'day All, > > As we all know one of the

Re: Question for FA* 300mm f4.5 owners (& Canon 70-200 f4 users)

Give it to Cotty.:-) Dave On 11/3/07, David Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > G'day All, > > As we all know one of the minor bad points of this lens, compared to > the F* version, is it's lack of tripod mounting collar . > > I'm a bit of a tinkerer, and I've roughly sketched up a collar design

Question for FA* 300mm f4.5 owners (& Canon 70-200 f4 users)

G'day All, As we all know one of the minor bad points of this lens, compared to the F* version, is it's lack of tripod mounting collar . I'm a bit of a tinkerer, and I've roughly sketched up a collar design with a thought to making one when I have some time. However, I was recently doing some wan