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SamHenry
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p.1 #1 · p.1 #1 · If you had a worthless 70-300 lens...

What would you do spectacular with it that if it was destroyed or rendered useless it wouldn't matter? What kind of shots, setup, subjects? I have a junk Quantaray 70-300 lens that I have been trying to figure out what to do with for a while now. Whatever it is, as long as it doesn't harm the camera body itself, I'm game.

Let the suggestions fly

Nov 28, 2012 at 09:05 AM

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p.1 #2 · p.1 #2 · If you had a worthless 70-300 lens...

Coffee cup
Shotgun
Bottom of a fish tank .

The fish tank one is an idea from a friend of a friend who has an old dead Pentax film body and lens withou glass that his fish swim in and out of. No pictures of it but I'm working on it

Nov 28, 2012 at 09:24 AM

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p.1 #3 · p.1 #3 · If you had a worthless 70-300 lens...

When in doubt, C4!

Nov 28, 2012 at 10:04 AM

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p.1 #4 · p.1 #4 · If you had a worthless 70-300 lens...

I have a few ideas for risky shots but they would all damage the body along with the lens.

Nov 28, 2012 at 10:13 AM

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p.1 #5 · p.1 #5 · If you had a worthless 70-300 lens...

The lens still works, it's just not worth anything. Keep the ideas going! I was thinking something that involved dipping the front element in water...

Nov 28, 2012 at 12:38 PM

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p.1 #6 · p.1 #6 · If you had a worthless 70-300 lens...

Disassemble the lens. Put the glass components in a jar of water. Add a guppy or a small frog. Take some photos of it.

Nov 28, 2012 at 06:12 PM

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p.1 #7 · p.1 #7 · If you had a worthless 70-300 lens...

Lol

Nov 28, 2012 at 07:29 PM

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p.1 #8 · p.1 #8 · If you had a worthless 70-300 lens...

1) Coffee cup, like DigitalRev did with a 300 f/4L lens.
2) Pencil & pen holder
3) Kaleidoscope - smash a couple of internal elements and you're good to go
4) Door stop

Nov 28, 2012 at 07:49 PM

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p.1 #9 · p.1 #9 · If you had a worthless 70-300 lens...

You could try this: Fix the yellow Takumar http://web.aanet.com.au/bayling/repair.html

Nov 28, 2012 at 07:57 PM

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p.1 #10 · p.1 #10 · If you had a worthless 70-300 lens...

feed it to a laughing hyena

Nov 28, 2012 at 08:21 PM

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p.1 #11 · p.1 #11 · If you had a worthless 70-300 lens...

go to a very public area, knock it off of something and have it smash onto the sidewalk, pavement, etc. and then run around shrieking hysterically "THe horror! The HORROR! Oh mY god I broke it! I broke it! For the love of god nooooooooooo! ohhhhhhhhhhhhh noooooooooooooooooooo! my god!!!!! the horror!!!!! ohhhhhh!!" for five minutes. Then pick the shards up and very calmly and collectedly walk away as if nothing had happened.

Nov 28, 2012 at 08:23 PM

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p.1 #12 · p.1 #12 · If you had a worthless 70-300 lens...

skibum5 wrote:
go to a very public area,...

Drama class?

Nov 28, 2012 at 08:48 PM

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p.1 #13 · p.1 #13 · If you had a worthless 70-300 lens...

jcolwell wrote:
You could try this: Fix the yellow Takumar http://web.aanet.com.au/bayling/repair.html

HAHAHAHAHA

Nov 28, 2012 at 08:55 PM

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p.1 #14 · p.1 #14 · If you had a worthless 70-300 lens...

Call up a local school and see if the have a photography class or club that would like a donation. No reason to destroy it.

Nov 28, 2012 at 09:16 PM

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p.1 #15 · p.1 #15 · If you had a worthless 70-300 lens...

dwweiche wrote:
Call up a local school and see if the have a photography class or club that would like a donation. No reason to destroy it.

good point, i missed the part about where it wasn't actually already broken

Nov 28, 2012 at 09:21 PM

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p.1 #16 · p.1 #16 · If you had a worthless 70-300 lens...

You guys are no fun. Being nice is no fun

Nov 28, 2012 at 09:44 PM

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p.1 #17 · p.1 #17 · If you had a worthless 70-300 lens...

I would disassemble it.

Nov 28, 2012 at 09:45 PM

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p.1 #18 · p.1 #18 · If you had a worthless 70-300 lens...

+1.

dwweiche wrote:
Call up a local school and see if the have a photography class or club that would like a donation. No reason to destroy it.

Nov 28, 2012 at 10:46 PM

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p.1 #19 · p.1 #19 · If you had a worthless 70-300 lens...

Firecrackers in the caps on the ends and some high speed photos... Might get a few pops before it's completely toast. EDIT: On second thoughts on one end only and see if you can recreate a saturn5 launch.

Guns/bullets have been way over done but how about a william tell deal for it? Lens sitting on an apple with arrow right thru the glass?

Take a wheel off a skateboard and bolt it on and see if it will roll with the focus ring as a wheel?

Post some pics whatever you come up with

Nov 28, 2012 at 11:13 PM


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