3 New DA* USM lenses

[Godfrey DiGiorgi]

On Sep 21, 2006, at 7:53 AM, Christian wrote:

> Paul Stenquist wrote:
>> They don't appear large enough to require a tripod mount, certainly
>> not the 50-135.
>
> I like tripod collars for making shooting verticals easier.  Unscrew,
> rotate, tighten, shoot.  flopping the whole camera over on the tripod
> screws up my composition and the relationship of the camera to my eye
> and the flopped-over tripod head gets in the way of my right hand.   
> Also
> I like to have my teleflash setup attached to the lens' tripod foot  
> (via
> QR adapter) so that the flash is always above the lens.

I also prefer a rotating tripod collar for long lenses, but if the  
lens is light enough I will be comfortable using an L-bracket QR  
adapter for the tripod. I have one for the Manfrotto RC2 attachment  
heads and I'm sure one will appear for the K10D that mates to Arca- 
Swiss style QR heads too.

Godfrey