70-200 f/2.8 owners, do you shoot with or without the tripod-mount ring attached?

Always on, but I just got this lens, I think it helps holding the camera and lens when shooting.

Always on, I use it to steady lens, nice flat surface

always off. Never put it back since I took it off from day one. Mine's IS.. I shoot with it handheld all time.

I always have mine on, but that doesn't mean it sees any real use. I figure it's too light to make any substantial weight difference (on a lens of its size), and I grip the lens somewhere nearer the focus ring anyway (with my thumb in a position that allows my to zoom as well), so the tripod ring doesn't really come into play that much. It's my belief that gripping the lens furthest from the axis of rotation (in this case the body where my right hand is) provides the best stabilization anyway.

This may sound wrong, but I leave mine on. I have the knob between my fingers, allows for a better grip and stabilization of the lens as it's kinda long but doesn't interfere at all with me twisting the zoom or focus.

Leave it on. I have the non-IS version.

I've taken it off once, because of the amount of time I was going to be going handheld, but other than that, I've left it on because it does help me support the weight, usually.

I rotate mine to the 3-o'clock position (looking from the camera side).

That way it is out of the way when in portrait or landscape orientation, but there when i need it.

Rob

Always on here too. I took it off once to see how it was early on, but I prefer it there when hand holding.

Always on...I have no desire to be on a treasure hunt for mounting rings when I need to slap a lens on a tripod in a hurry.

I leave it on, my wife takes it off.

^^ I just read that; that only applies to the question you've posed.

Always on - and always in the 6 o'clock position

Riff Raff wrote in post #4251656
I took it off when I bought it. The last thing I need is more weight on that lens.

Same here! I almost never use a tripod with that lens, so it stays off. The lens fits on my bag better without it too (I can just see that ring banging up against my camera or another lens).

deadpass wrote in post #4251712
I always leave it on but when shooting hand held I rotate the ring up so it's on the top size of the lens.

ditto.