The writing on the cap say 70-200mm, but the color of the lense is black, so it might be the way to "hide" the lens. This only mneas that this lest is about to come "alive".
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Is this the Canon RF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM Z?
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LOL I had never given this any thought but this does explain why the super hot woman last fall asked if I was a creep while I was doing this. I did not understand the question at the time but I bet I was pointing at her breasts when I was looking at shots. I explained what I was doing and she seemed to be at peace with the explanation, I also showed her the pictures I had taken.
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Which of the Arca-Swiss ‘standards’ should they use? (CRguy has made this point a couple of times.)
Also, this is a hybrid lens – is AS the default for fluid heads?
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I'm so triggered when I see a lens mount that isn't ARCA swiss compatible. It's worse than buying a nice pair of pants that comes with a belt, but the belt has no buckle.What is Canon's problem with Arca Swiss mounts?
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Don't be obtuse. It's the "large" standard that ARCA came up with in the 90's that nearly everyone already uses and is adhered to by all these companies, to list a few:
Arca Swiss
Really Right Stuff
Kirk Enterprises
Acratech
Jobu Design
Wimberley
Novoflex
Sirui
Sunwayfoto
Are there slight variances from company to company? Sure, but it's still the same standard, and compatibility issues are rare enough that I have yet experience one brand not working with another.
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Yes, and the pictured lens does. You can see it easily, along with the locking switch for it, labeled Iris.
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Funny but I took my EF600 II to Canon CPS for a repair, and I had my low profile foot on the lens.What is Canon's problem with Arca Swiss mounts?
When the repair was completed, Canon actually installed a new Canon foot on my lens and wrapped my low profile foot in bubble wrap and included it in the box. Weird or what
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But considering that these are geared for hybrid/video shooters, would the sports photo people switch to this? I am also predominantly sports, and would like the optical quality of the current 70-200 but with internal zooming. It seems like this would have to make some concessions right?
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I've missed many a shot because of that throw. I do love the lens but if I could've chosen, internal.I think this long throw was a tribute paid to compactness.
But don't fire the engineer, I guess he had to design it that way!
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You can literally read "70-200" on the lens and see that the zoom rings starts at 70 and goes to 135 and over.
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... and not used by some of the bigger makers of support systems like Manfrotto and Gitzo. Not to mention fluid heads, gimbals, pan systems and all of that. Also consider, Manfrotto sells more heads and plates than all of those companies you mentioned combined and multiplied.
Arca Swiss and Novoflex use a different sized dovetail than what is considered "standard" on a lot of their products.
So no, the Arca Swiss dovetail you're speaking of is not the de facto standard. It is just one of many mounting solutions used today. I personally use three different types of plates/mounts.
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