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

2007-11-06 Thread David Savage
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 a

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

2007-11-04 Thread Cotty
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 the

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

2007-11-04 Thread Christian
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: http://www.entique.com.au/canon_70-200_2.8L_usm_lens_big.jpg I took it off and measured the internal dia. and that's 77mm. You see the locking screw is parallel to the

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

2007-11-03 Thread David Savage
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

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

2007-11-03 Thread David J Brooks
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 with a

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

2007-11-03 Thread David J Brooks
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)

2007-11-03 Thread Stan Halpin
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 know

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

2007-11-03 Thread Jay Taylor
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 one