Review (5/5): Very practial and cost effective
Canon does not include a tripod collar with this lens and purchasing it, separately, is costly. I reviewed several non-Canon offerings and chose this brand and, thus far, I am quite pleased with it. (1) It is black (not the Canon L lens off-white color) but fits the overall color scheme well, given the two fairly large black zoom and manual focus rings as well as the black lens hood. I like it. (2) The fit is quite good--very snug when clamped down. It can rotate so the tripod plate and clamping mechanism can be atop the lens so that it is more comfortable when hand-held. (3) The tripod plate has the mounting groves for a tripod head or gimbal so a separate mounting plate is unnecessary, a very good feature.