Tripod Mount: So I have the Nikon 70-200 2.8 lens. It comes with the tripod mount on it. Do users of this type of lens just keep the mount on there all the time or do you remove it...

DW

So I have the Nikon 70-200 2.8 lens. It comes with the tripod mount on it. Do users of this type of lens just keep the mount on there all the time or do you remove it when not using a tripod? Just interested in what folks do. Thanks in advance.

Quixdraw Loc: x

Don't have that particular lens, but several others with mounts. I never take them off - sure as can be, I'd forget where I put it, or it would be one of the rare times I use a tripod and it would be at home.

DW

quixdraw wrote:

Don't have that particular lens, bus several others with mounts. I never take them off - sure as can be, I'd forget where I put it, or it would be one of the rare times I use a tripod and it would be at home.

Thank was my thinking as well. Thanks.

Gene51 Loc: Yonkers, NY, now in LSD (LowerSlowerDelaware)

DW wrote:

So I have the Nikon 70-200 2.8 lens. It comes with the tripod mount on it. Do users of this type of lens just keep the mount on there all the time or do you remove it when not using a tripod? Just interested in what folks do. Thanks in advance.

The OEM Nikon is pretty flimsy. I've replaced mine with a Really Right Stuff LCF-11 Replacement Foot. It is far more sturdy. I have the FL model of the 70-200.

DW

Gene51 wrote:

The OEM Nikon is pretty flimsy. I've replaced mine with a Really Right Stuff LCF-11 Replacement Foot. It is far more sturdy. I have the FL model of the 70-200.

Good info, thanks.

Quixdraw Loc: x

I have been using Nikons since the late '60's - all the way back to the pre AI 50-300, which was quite a monster. All down the years to the current lenses 80-400, 200-500, I've never had a mount fail. May be luck, or just the way I treat equipment. My feeling, having been a Nikon guy for main system all those decades, If Nikon felt there was an issue, they'd fix it.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

I've seen people carry the camera and long lens by the lens foot.
Some rotate the foot so it is on top of the lens.

Quixdraw Loc: x

Longshadow wrote:

I've seen people carry the camera and long lens by the lens foot.
Some rotate the foot so it is on top of the lens.

I am having to fight that habit with the 200-500, I prefer a firm hold on the lens barrel. I am trying to find a way to un-retire the pistol grip from my old 50-300. Compatible trigger release for current cameras is the barrier.

Retired CPO Loc: Travel full time in an RV

quixdraw wrote:

I have been using Nikons since the late '60's - all the way back to the pre AI 50-300, which was quite a monster. All down the years to the current lenses 80-400, 200-500, I've never had a mount fail. May be luck, or just the way I treat equipment. My feeling, having been a Nikon guy for main system all those decades, If Nikon felt there was an issue, they'd fix it.

Me too. The only problem is you don't get all those admiring glances that you would get if you had "Really Right Stuff" stuff.

Quixdraw Loc: x

Retired CPO wrote:

Me too. The only problem is you don't get all those admiring glances that you would get if you had "Really Right Stuff" stuff.

speters Loc: Grangeville/Idaho

DW wrote:

So I have the Nikon 70-200 2.8 lens. It comes with the tripod mount on it. Do users of this type of lens just keep the mount on there all the time or do you remove it when not using a tripod? Just interested in what folks do. Thanks in advance.

I have lenses with mounts and I never take them off, they are actually very helpful in hand holding the camera/lens!

John N Loc: HP14 3QF Stokenchurch, UK

I leave the mounts on my CANON 400 & 70-300 'L' series lenses and both are fitted with spare tripod plates. When not using the tripod I find they make a better balanced hand grip for handheld work, even if not so comfortable.

jimq Loc: Cape Cod, MA

The foot is detachable, I take it off and keep it in my bag until I need it.

tommy2 Loc: Fort Worth, Texas

About 50/50 here except it is permanently left on the one big prime lens so heavy that there is no way I'll ever attempt to handhold. As a workaround all OEM lens mounts have been replaced with the hinged flip open types so the lens does not have to be removed from the camera to take it off or put it on.
Often wonder, as one post above mentioned, about using a pistol grip with trigger but figure that's another thread somewhere...

ClarkJohnson Loc: Fort Myers, FL and Cohasset, MA

In addition to helping hand-carry the lens, most tripod collars can take a Black Rapid eye (or similar) to secure a strap. This takes the strain off off the camera’s lens mount when hauling heavy lenses