Canon 100-400mm f/4/5-5.6 L IS USM ?

[iwatkins]

Hi All,

I'm going to give into temptation and go for this lens for motorsport use.

However, trying to sort out bags, storage etc.

Can anyone post a picture of the 100-400mm with hood attached, or better still give a measurement of the lens with the hood attached but at minimum zoom.

Thanks in advance

Cheers

Ian

[Scottes]

At it's worst:

http://www.itsanadventure.com/postimages/100-400_68mmTubes_500D_2.jpg

That's at 400mm, but also with 68mm of extension tubes attached. As pictures it's 20.5", so subtract 68mm from 20.5" and you get.... 453mm or 17.8" - about another 3" shorter at 100mm.

[KennyG]

Hi All,

I'm going to give into temptation and go for this lens for motorsport use.

However, trying to sort out bags, storage etc.

Can anyone post a picture of the 100-400mm with hood attached, or better still give a measurement of the lens with the hood attached but at minimum zoom.

Thanks in advance

Cheers

Ian

Welcome to the club. You will enjoy your motorsport photog's friend, the 100-400L.

There isn't a practical bag that I have found to carry it other than with the hood reversed. With a reversed hood the large LowePro top loader or, one of my favourites, the LowePro Speicalist 85AW will comfortably take it with even a 1D attached.

Once at the circuit mine stays attached (usually to the 1D) and hangs off my shoulder, and the bag ends up with my drinks and snacks. I normally balance it with the 10D and 70-200 2.8IS on the other shoulder.

How's this shot? It is on my 1D, closed up with hood attached for use. Sorry about the quality, a friend took it with his Sony P&S.

Oops, quick edit. It also has the 1.4 TC in line.

http://www.stiuk.dial.pipex.com/kit-to-go-web.jpg

[timmyquest]

http://www.stiuk.dial.pipex.com/kit-to-go-web.jpg

Show off :roll:

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I envy you :lol:

[iwatkins]

Thanks guys.

I was thinking of a single bag (top loader style) that I could just drop the camera/lens with hood attached into while moving about circuits rather than reversing the hood all the time for storage.

I'll wait for it to arrive and have another look but will probably end up just carrying thr whole rig over the shoulder and break it all down for travelling.

Cheers

Ian

[Scottes]

Hood attached for use, minimum zoom, 13-3/8"

[dn7elson]

How's this shot? It is on my 1D, closed up with hood attached for use.

Kenny, I notice that you direct mount the lens to the monopod; do you ever use a ball or pan head on the monopod for motorsports or are they more trouble than they benefit?

[Ferdinand]

Dale he doesn't have too, he just shoots with the other camera that is mounted in the other axis hehehehe

:D

Regards,
Ferdinand

[KennyG]

How's this shot? It is on my 1D, closed up with hood attached for use.

Kenny, I notice that you direct mount the lens to the monopod; do you ever use a ball or pan head on the monopod for motorsports or are they more trouble than they benefit?

There is no need for a head on a monopod when using it with lenses that have collars. If you want to shift to vertical, it is a simple matter of rotating the lens in the collar. Unlike a tripods you tilt and rotate the actual support.

[dn7elson]

Unlike a tripods you tilt and rotate the actual support.

I guess that I was most curious about whether there was any need for a lens axis to support angle of other than 90 degrees (as you get with direct mount). It seemed that you should be able to tilt and rotate the monopod to target, but I had seen so many references to monopod heads that I thought I'd ask. Thanks.

[BoySpot]

The direct mount seems to make a lot of sense when shooting across the ground. Has anyone any suggestions for shooting aircraft with a monopod when you need to rotate in more directions?

[dn7elson]

Has anyone any suggestions for shooting aircraft with a monopod when you need to rotate in more directions?

I doubt that will work well with a monopod. To get the mobility, you will either need to handhold, or use a gimbal mount on a tripod (you will need the leg stability with all the free axis movement in the head).

See:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=productlist&A=details&Q=&sku=126663&is=REG

[BoySpot]

Oh no! Now something else has been added to my wish list at B&H.

[digiphotoz]

hi i'm new just got one today. Be gentle. No manual with it. Shooting high school sports soccer, baseball, softball. Tell me what's with the different settings on the lens. Monopod? tipod? Thanks for your help. gt.

[PacAce]

hi i'm new just got one today. Be gentle. No manual with it. Shooting high school sports soccer, baseball, softball. Tell me what's with the different settings on the lens. Monopod? tipod? Thanks for your help. gt.

AF/MF I guess is obvious.

1.8m/6.5m sets the minimum focusing distance. If you're always shooting a distant subject, setting it to 6.5m will keep the lens from focusing down to 1.8 and hence speeding up the focus acquisition.

1/0 - is for IS on (1) or off (0)

mode 1/2: in mode 1, IS is on for vertical and horizontal movement. mode 2 is for horizontal panning, only vertical movement is stabilized.

If you want to remove the tripod collar, align the red dot on the collar with the red dot on the lens and pull out.