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<blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 128040" data-attributes="member: 9240">From <a href="http://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2013/03/quick-take-on-the-new-nikon-80-400-vr" target="_blank">LensRentals.com review of the len</a>s...The Tripod Ring&nbsp;Just want to say you heard it here first. The good news is the new&nbsp; 80-400 has an actual ring like the old version, not the&nbsp; foot-mounted-on-a-plate-bolted-to-the-lens that the <a href="https://www.lensrentals.com/rent/nikon/lenses/telephoto/nikon-70-200mm-f2.8g-af-s-vr-ii" target="_blank">Nikon 70-200mm VR II</a>&nbsp; has (the plate is problematic and bends sometimes). The bad news is the&nbsp; ring is very thin. In fact the old 80-400 ring weighed 5.6 ounces, but&nbsp; the new one, larger in diameter, weighs just 3.2 ounces. I’m all for&nbsp; saving weight, but doing so on the tripod ring that will support around 5&nbsp; pounds of lens and camera makes me a bit anxious.&nbsp;Mounted on the lens, the ring does seems quite sturdy, so it may be&nbsp; an engineering triumph. Take it off of the lens, though, and you can&nbsp; actually bend it out of round by just squeezing it in your hand. (Of&nbsp; course I had to try it. It looked like it would bend.) I’m hopeful this&nbsp; is just a brilliant design that will save weight yet be superbly sturdy.&nbsp; But I’m a little nervous about it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="BackdoorArts, post: 128040, member: 9240"] From [URL="http://www.lensrentals.com/blog/2013/03/quick-take-on-the-new-nikon-80-400-vr"]LensRentals.com review of the len[/URL]s... [B]The Tripod Ring[/B] Just want to say you heard it here first. The good news is the new 80-400 has an actual ring like the old version, not the foot-mounted-on-a-plate-bolted-to-the-lens that the [URL="https://www.lensrentals.com/rent/nikon/lenses/telephoto/nikon-70-200mm-f2.8g-af-s-vr-ii"]Nikon 70-200mm VR II[/URL] has (the plate is problematic and bends sometimes). The bad news is the ring is very thin. In fact the old 80-400 ring weighed 5.6 ounces, but the new one, larger in diameter, weighs just 3.2 ounces. I’m all for saving weight, but doing so on the tripod ring that will support around 5 pounds of lens and camera makes me a bit anxious. Mounted on the lens, the ring does seems quite sturdy, so it may be an engineering triumph. Take it off of the lens, though, and you can actually bend it out of round by just squeezing it in your hand. (Of course I had to try it. It looked like it would bend.) I’m hopeful this is just a brilliant design that will save weight yet be superbly sturdy. But I’m a little nervous about it. [/QUOTE]

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