I went for a stroll the other Sunday, to a local lake on my landlord's farm. I took only my LX and drive with 300 Tokina 2.8 to give it a try. I recently asked about heavy duty quick release systems because I wanted to keep to the same system across all my monopod and tripod-mounted lenses, but for the highest common denominator, which would be the 300mm. I wasn't satisfied that the choices I had, at the prices I wanted to pay, were viable.
So, what I did was simply remove the quick release head from the monopod, and mount the 300 2.8 straight onto the head mounting bush. Actual shooting isn't a problem, it's the carrying. I decided I like to pop the combo onto my shoulder, camera/lens facing backwards, with the monopod leg down my chest where I can steady it with a hand. I found that this works very well, and my only worry was the whole thing coming detached and falling. Attaching directly to the bush was the simplest solution, and the fact that it takes 30 seconds or so to unscrew/ rescrew the quick release head for other lens combos doesn't bother me. .02 Cotty _______________________________________________________ Personal email traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] MacAds traffic to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Check out the UK Macintosh ads http://www.macads.co.uk - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
