70-200L with new tripod collar

[FScott]

Hi all. I received the black Tripod collar A (B) from B&H today for my 70-200 F4L. This is probably not news to most of you but WOW what a difference it makes. It is much much better balanced and much easier to use on a ball head. It even seems to be okay on my little Maxi 343E travel tripod (ballhead version of: http://www.imaging-resource.com/ACCS/VEL/VEL.HTM). Don't laugh at my little tripod. I have a big Bogen tripod I bring when I know I need one. The little tripod goes everywhere and is much better than nothing in many cases. Anyway, the 70-200 with the ring mount balances so well it actually does pretty well on the little tripod as long as there isn't a strong wind. Here it is including the tamron 1.4x TC on the little tripod, taken with my S100 P&S. I can reposition the whole thing with three fingers it's so well balanced. Finally, as others have said, the ring makes it trivial to rotate from horizontal to vertical. Best $90 I've spent in awhile.

-- Scott.

[mrclark321]

Congrats....How do you like the Tamron 1.4?

Dan

[FScott]

Congrats....How do you like the Tamron 1.4?

Dan

Well, it is only 1 day old so the jury is still out. I've taken some shots with and without and at least in the center the sharpness seems to be the same. There is a bit less contrast with the TC then without but nothing to complain about. The camera has no problems focusing outdoors. Of course it was dark when I got it so I was playing with it here in my office and it had terrible trouble focusing indoors with the 70-200 f4L and the TC, but that's to be expected. I also put the TC on my nifty-fifty and it worked nicely. This weekend I'll spend some quality time with the TC. I bought it to take pictures of a satellite launch in Japan in two weeks. I'll be 3 km away. It is, however, a big rocket.

-- Scott.

[mrclark321]

Thanks Scott....B&H sells this for $79, I think this is a good price.

Dan

[FScott]

Thanks Scott....B&H sells this for $79, I think this is a good price.

Dan

Dan,

That's where I got mine.

-- Scott.

[Jwreich]

Scott,

What is the part number for the Tripod collar?

[BearLeeAlive]

The Canon part number for the black one is 2888A002 and their price is $90.

70-200 F4 Mount (http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?ci=1&sb=ps&pn=1&sq=desc&InitialSearch=yes&O=SearchBar&A=search&Q=*&shs=2888A002&image.x=0&image.y=0)

[Nezmo]

I can't understand why the white version is $30 more... :rolleyes:

Thanks for posting that pic. I'll be springing for the collar soon.

[BearLeeAlive]

The tripod mount ring I linked to states it is only for the 200 F2.8L II lens. They say the expensive white one is the one for the 70-200L.

FScott, could you confirm that the black one here is the one you got? I can't find any other black one and I am sure someone on another forum had pointed to this one.

Link to B&H Canon Tripod Mount Rings (http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?ci=1&sb=ps&pn=1&sq=desc&InitialSearch=yes&O=SearchBar&A=search&Q=*&shs=canon+tripod+mount+ring&image.x=0&image.y=0)

[FScott]

The tripod mount ring I linked to states it is only for the 200 F2.8L II lens. They say the expensive white one is the one for the 70-200L.

FScott, could you confirm that the black one here is the one you got? I can't find any other black one and I am sure someone on another forum had pointed to this one.

Link to B&H Canon Tripod Mount Rings (http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?ci=1&sb=ps&pn=1&sq=desc&InitialSearch=yes&O=SearchBar&A=search&Q=*&shs=canon+tripod+mount+ring&image.x=0&image.y=0)

It works perfectly. The picture I show at the beginning of the thread is my 70-200 f4L with the consumer black ring. It is supposed to use this tripod ring that is labelled "tripod ring A (W)":

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=productlist&A=details&Q=&sku=186247&is=REG&addedTroughType=search

it costs $119.50 at B&H

I learned on this site that the black "consumer" version which is supposed to go with the 200mm f2.8 works as well. It is labelled "tripod ring A (B)" and costs $89.95 at B&H. Here is the link again:

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=productlist&A=details&Q=&sku=211436&is=REG&addedTroughType=search

It is all metal construction with a felt liner and is very solid. I believe that they use white paint on the (W) version and black paint on the (B) version and there is no other difference besides the $30.

My black ring works perfectly on the 70-200 F4L.

-- Scott.

[BearLeeAlive]

Thanks for that Scott.

I will now be ordering on with confidence. The black looks just fine.

[Nezmo]

Yes, thank you.

[GTogs]

Thanks for the info! I will be looking for it as well!

[FScott]

You are all welcome. Just passing on info I learned here in the forums and used
to good effect.

Note-to-self: buy stock in B&H, Canon

[Rob612]

Does the 70-200 f/2.8 IS L comes without a collar in the US ? Here the lens is sold with both the hood and the collar.

[BearLeeAlive]

Only the 70-200 F4 does not come with a mounting ring.

[Rob612]

Only the 70-200 F4 does not come with a mounting ring.

I see. Thanks for the explanation.

[shiato storm]

mmmm...i like the black tripod ring...wish they made that more available...