24-70Mk2 fell off my 5DMk3 and smashed
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Sorry to hear that!
I almost had an accident with my 70-200 II once... Of course, after I mount a lens I always double check that it is locked. Just a habit. One time the 70-200 + extender was loose, and was quite close to letting go. A little heart attack there...
But my stuff is insured, so that is the only benefit if it did happen. Thankfully, it did not. Now I am even more careful. I even check routinely while shooting to make sure it is locked often. Just to be sure.
I almost had an accident with my 70-200 II once... Of course, after I mount a lens I always double check that it is locked. Just a habit. One time the 70-200 + extender was loose, and was quite close to letting go. A little heart attack there...
But my stuff is insured, so that is the only benefit if it did happen. Thankfully, it did not. Now I am even more careful. I even check routinely while shooting to make sure it is locked often. Just to be sure.
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I had been shooting for over an hour, so it wasn't a mounting error. If that was it, I'd just be mad at myself but I'd get over it. I believe this is a design flaw as much as human error...or more likely a bad combo of the 2. Even when I put my thumb solidly on the zoom ring, my thumb is only 1/2 inch from the release button.
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Jeremy said:
That must be a fairly unique way of holding your camera. I'd probably recommend you try something different. ;-)
I generally grip my camera with my thing and middle finger (left hand) around the zoom ring. With such large hands, they the tip of my thumb and middle finger are about an inch apart on my 24-70mm ii. I've never had a problem with accidentally hitting the lens release button, but after hearing your experience I'm probably going to be a little more conscious about it.
But we all have our quirks with how we hold our gear. Myself, for instance -- I have the regular Canon strap around my neck, and when I'm not holding the camera to my eyes, I'll hold it with my left hand by the lens with the strap still around my neck. Reason being that I'm overly paranoid about my lens bumping something, or even possibly detaching from the body. This way, if that were ever (no matter how unlikely) to happen, the camera would be secured by the neck strap and the lens by my hand. Yeah, I'm weird.
But seriously... A real bummer about your 24-70mm. :-(
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Mt Spokane Photography said:
Hmm. I guess so, but it's really just two parts. The body assembly and lens assembly tolerances shouldn't come into play for that joint. They should be able to spec them out such that it's not loose even with worst-case tolerances.
Could be a QC control. Maybe they aren't inspecting toleranced features.
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First, really sorry for your loss. Understand it is just property. I had my 20D stolen along with the $700 efs lens with it! I also slammed my trunk on my f1.4 50mm. Not so bad: $147 repair. It's gonna happen, you're gonna feel like crap and think of its replacement cost as just burning money.
You should check out the Professional photographers of America. They are a business and education centric trade org for photographers. Part of it's $100 annual membership is a $15,000 insurance policy for your gear...
Second: I've notice that with the new 24-70, if you don't lock the lens when mounting, you could accidently just be rotating the zoom dial instead of the lens itself. Without the lens fully mounted, it could still feel solidly on their until you move it just right and it can fall off.
Examine that in your lens swaps. Make sure it's locked and you hear a click!
You should check out the Professional photographers of America. They are a business and education centric trade org for photographers. Part of it's $100 annual membership is a $15,000 insurance policy for your gear...
Second: I've notice that with the new 24-70, if you don't lock the lens when mounting, you could accidently just be rotating the zoom dial instead of the lens itself. Without the lens fully mounted, it could still feel solidly on their until you move it just right and it can fall off.
Examine that in your lens swaps. Make sure it's locked and you hear a click!
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To dislodge or remove the lens from its breach-lock system mount you need to deliverately press the release button and twist the lens barrel counter-clockwise. Any veteran canon user knows this.
You can knock-off the lens if it was half-hazzardly mounted and not hearing that re-assuring click.
You can knock-off the lens if it was half-hazzardly mounted and not hearing that re-assuring click.
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neuroanatomist said:
Neuro,
If I remember it correctly you are located in MA as well, right? Who do you use for insurance?
For non-MA residents: things here are a little complicated when it comes to insurance since a lot of the affordable big companies such as State Farm don't do business here. And tagging anything to my home insurance is not an option either do to the proximity to the ocean. So I'm still going uninsured for my camera gear since everything I've seen as an option here so far came in very expensive (unlike my musical instrument insurance which is really surprising).
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7enderbender said:
I am in MA, yes. State Farm certainly does business here - they're my insurer for cars, home, and camera gear (no agents, though - I go through the policy service office in Southborough). But they may not write policies for new customers in MA - we had them in CA originally, kept them when we moved here 9 years ago. Because getting gear coverage was as simple as a phone call and emailing a list of serial numbers, and the cost was very reasonable, I never investigated other options.
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TotoEC said:
I know I shouldn't be picky, but the Canon FD system was a 'breech-lock'. The EOS system ( and virtually all other systems ) use a bayonet mount.
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