Nor if you place the lens in the V or U such that the focus or
aperture rings are still accessible - as any fule kno ;-)
Chris
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C M I Barker
Cambridgeshire, Great Britain.
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www.threeshoes.co.uk
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On 26 Jun 2005, at 01:02, Walt Wayman wrote:
> Not if ya focusses and zooms and sets the f-thing before ya puts
> the lens in the yoke! Only takes a second.
>
> Seriously, that's rarely much of a real problem, particularly with
> longer lenses, which are the only justification I can find for
> using a monopod in the first place. I have done it this way with
> the 50/2, 35-80/2.8, 100/2, 180/2.8, 300/4.5, 400/6.3, and 500/8
> Zuikos, 28-105/2.8, 90/2.8 1:1 macro and 80-200/2.8 Tamrons. I've
> never tried the 300/2.8 Tamron this way, since, if I've got to lug
> it out of sight of the OM-4Runner, I might as well tote a real
> tripod too. But never more than 500 yards.
>
> Walt
>
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