Comments on: My Very Own Canon 100-400mm L IS II Zoom Lens/The Very Good and the Ugly… https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2015/02/01/my-very-own-canon-100-400mm-l-is-ii-zoom-lensthe-very-good-and-the-ugly/ The blog of bird photographer Arthur Morris Sun, 08 Feb 2015 13:32:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: Arthur Morris/BIRDS AS ART https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2015/02/01/my-very-own-canon-100-400mm-l-is-ii-zoom-lensthe-very-good-and-the-ugly/comment-page-1/#comment-1711923 Sun, 08 Feb 2015 13:32:47 +0000 http://www.birdsasart-blog.com/?p=25115#comment-1711923 In reply to Fain Zimmerman.

Hi Fain,

YAW. I have seen the Really Wrong Stuff plate/foot for the 100-400II. It makes zero sense to me: it is much too large, serves no purpose, and destroys functionality of the lens as you need an Allen wrench to remove it for hand holding. When I use the lens on a tripod–that only rarely, I use the much simpler, smaller, and more efficient Wimberley P-20 plate.

While I am on the topic of RWS, I must say that their famed ball heads, with so many tiny knobs so close together, are impossible for me to use. And their component tripod system are way too large and heavy not to mention ridiculously expensive.

Are you using your 100-400 II on Mongoose? It is by far the best tripod head for that lens. artie

ps: since I took off the easily removable foot on Day 2my 100-400II had not been once on a tripod….

]]> By: Fain Zimmerman https://www.birdsasart-blog.com/baa/2015/02/01/my-very-own-canon-100-400mm-l-is-ii-zoom-lensthe-very-good-and-the-ugly/comment-page-1/#comment-1711875 Sun, 08 Feb 2015 01:25:18 +0000 http://www.birdsasart-blog.com/?p=25115#comment-1711875 Just got my new 100-400 V2 – Love it so far, but I haven’t tested it extensively yet. The zoom ring works perfectly so far – not too loose or tight.
Did you add the quick release lens plate or the replacement foot for attachment to a tripod? I use RRS plates most of the time.
Thanks for your wonderful information!

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