Hi,
I'll try this. Thanks.
My fear was that the weight of the lens will eventually slightly deform the
camera by pulling too hard on the lens mount, which could possibly cause
internal focus problems or misalignment...
Pierre
At 18:16 3/15/2001 -0500, you wrote:
> > "Pierre Bellavance" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I've just received my 100-400/4.5-5.6L IS Lens, and was
> > wondering if carrying it with the EOS 7e strap around my
> > neck will damage the camera body, because of the weight.
> > The lens is at about twice the weight of the camera...
> > Should I get a neck strap that attaches to the lens instead of
> > attaching to the camera, so the lens would carry the camera?
>
>Hi Pierre,
>
>The 100-400 (1360g) is 2.3x the weight of the 7e (580g)
>If you swing and bang the camera, I'm sure something will
>eventually get damaged.
>
>I use the Canon camera strap to loop around the foot of the
>100-400 tripod mount. The camera with lens can hang obliquely
>across my chest. This technique also worked for the EOS 1000FN
>(Rebel SII) which has polycarbonate lens mount.
>
>See:
>http://www.listquest.com/lq/view.cgi?q=1&ln=canoneos&mid=78515
>
>Cheers
>Julian Loke
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