On Tue, May 22, 2001 at 08:10:03PM -0400, Pierre Bellavance wrote:
> I'm not even certain that having the camera and lens hanging from your
> shoulder is safe, at least on a lighter body such as my Elan 7E. I'm afraid
> it could deform the camera around the lens mount, which would not be good
> for sharp focus. The EOS 3 is probably made stronger.
>
> I have the 100-400/4.5-5.6L IS Lens and I'm always careful not to have the
> camera hold it.
I'm pretty confident EOS 3 is strong enough to carry its weight.
I've seen someone handle EOS 5 with 35-350 (which is pretty much
same size and weight as the 100-400) rather roughly, like zooming
it from 35 to 350mm by holding the body only and swinging it...
--
Tapani Tarvainen
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