Quote Originally Posted by bob williams


Yeah, Thats one of the things I was a "Little" concerned about, but I probably read 100 reviews on this thing and most of the long lens shooters (pro and amatuer) had nothing but great things to say about it with a 500 mounted, but some did suggest that a 600 or a 2.8 400 might be a little much. The deciding factors, weight (4lbs vs 6), the price, and of course, I figured if I could ever afford a 600, then I could probably afford the tripod to go with it [img]/emoticons/emotion-16.gif[/img].



Nice. It seems you know more about this than I, but you might want to just get your hands on a 500 and test it. You can't be too safe [6]