Nope, no booster pack. I've never needed one and that would be a double
killer. The Tokina is 1,350 grams or 0.4 ounces short of 3 pounds. The
hood and filter (which I hadn't realized was installed) add another 190
grams or 6.7 ounces. The Kenko 1.5X is a relative flyweight and adds
only another 110 grams or 3.9 ounces. The body with battery and CF card
is another 898 grams or 31.7 ounces. The grand total is 2548 grams or
5.6 pounds with the body supplying not much more than 1/3 of the total.
With your suggestion of the belt mounted drop pack I took a look at my
Lowepro lens case for the 80-200 to see if it could serve as a
"holster". It has lots of straps and loops for attaching and being
attached to but I'm not sure it would work well. I'll have to think
about this some more.
Chuck Norcutt
Andrew Fildes wrote:
> Did you have the booster pack on the 5D too?
> Is the Tokina as heavy as the Canon?
> It's a killer isn't it?
>
> There were tripod screw straps - usually for old movie cameras. I've
> got a couple including a neck length one but they are old plastic
> types given their vintage and I wouldn't trust any to hold that combo.
> Probably the best is a belt mounted drop pack, like a big snoot case.
> I've got one, a Lowepro all-weather type that will take the length of
> a 70-200mm on a 5D with booster/vertical grip. The depth of the body
> with the grip is the critical factor as several of this type do not
> have a wide enough mouth. Of course you need a second carrier for
> other lenses.
> Another approach would be a simple loop holster of some kind on your
> waist that you could poke the lens through and catch it up on the
> tripod mount – but I haven't sen anything like that.
> Monopods are useful for prodding stray baboons, in the cafeteria.
> Andrew Fildes
> afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
> On 11/06/2007, at 8:48 PM, Chuck Norcutt wrote:
>
>> Yesterday I departed from my normal event shooting scenario where I
>> simply meander around some church or synagogue or banquet/dance
>> hall for
>> hours on end. For the first time ever I took the 5D with 100
>> pounds of
>> lens attached (Tokina 80-200/2.8 and 1.5X Kenko converter) and
>> hiked up
>> and down the hills of the local zoo for a couple of hours.
>>
>> Apart from suffering the humiliation of exceedingly poor photographic
>> accomplishments I was also struck by the need for some better way to
>> carry this camera/lens combo. As it was, the whole contraption was
>> akin
>> to wearing a pendulum around one's neck and I kept thinking that the
>> poor 5D was going to have its lens mount physically torn from its
>> body.
>>
>> Is there a device that allows attaching the neck strap to the tripod
>> mount on the lens? That would better balance the whole affair and
>> take
>> the load off the camera's lens mount. Or maybe some other solution
>> that's even better?
>>
>> Maybe I just need to carry the whole thing on a monopod slung over my
>> shoulder. A monopod would likely have improved a lot of shots.
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
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