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<blockquote data-quote="Blade Canyon" data-source="post: 304218" data-attributes="member: 15302">Holy cow this 70-200 2.8 mother is heavy!&nbsp; 1.395 kg.&nbsp; I'm afraid it's going to rip the mount off the face of my D600.I'm supporting the rig by the lens when shooting and carrying, but when I try to review the shots (and zoom in on the detail), both hands have to be on the camera body, and the lens is hanging straight down which puts the least amount of levered-stress on the mount.&nbsp; Even then, I'm nervous the lens will pull out of the camera.I'll spend the weekend learning the best ways to handle this combo.&nbsp; The glass really is superb, I could tell as soon as I looked through the viewfinder.&nbsp; Thanks for all the advice.My D600 is set to back button focus, but it sounds like the VR also kicks in when focusing.&nbsp; I thought one power-saving advantage of BBF was that VR didn't activate until the shutter button was pressed?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Blade Canyon, post: 304218, member: 15302"] Holy cow this 70-200 2.8 mother is heavy! 1.395 kg. I'm afraid it's going to rip the mount off the face of my D600. I'm supporting the rig by the lens when shooting and carrying, but when I try to review the shots (and zoom in on the detail), both hands have to be on the camera body, and the lens is hanging straight down which puts the least amount of levered-stress on the mount. Even then, I'm nervous the lens will pull out of the camera. I'll spend the weekend learning the best ways to handle this combo. The glass really is superb, I could tell as soon as I looked through the viewfinder. Thanks for all the advice. My D600 is set to back button focus, but it sounds like the VR also kicks in when focusing. I thought one power-saving advantage of BBF was that VR didn't activate until the shutter button was pressed? [/QUOTE]

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