geniousc wrote:
FWIW, and I don't condone this. There is a local shooter that uses a Canon 1d2n and 500L for birding. He stands the rig on the pier on the lens shade when not in use. When a shot comes along he hoists the rig off the ground by the camera grip only. I asked him about it once, said he's been doing it for years. Not for me but just saying.
gene
I'd be worried about the canon body with no lense falling apart from only being held with one hand.
canon makes crappy cameras where the reject black paint that even sigma won't use peels off showing the cheap white plastic underneath, making the camera slowly match their lenses.
geniousc wrote:
FWIW, and I don't condone this. There is a local shooter that uses a Canon 1d2n and 500L for birding. He stands the rig on the pier on the lens shade when not in use. When a shot comes along he hoists the rig off the ground by the camera grip only. I asked him about it once, said he's been doing it for years. Not for me but just saying.
gene
I routinely pulled the 500/4 IS out of my long lens case by the camera grip (1D series) for years with no ill effects to the hardware. However, I eventually developed tendonitis in my elbow from the one-handed lift. Now I use both hands. The Canon lens mounts are larger in diameter than Nikon and able to handle somewhat more force, but the same general rules should be applied.
Zebrabot wrote:
canon makes crappy cameras where the reject black paint that even sigma won't use peels off showing the cheap white plastic underneath, making the camera slowly match their lenses.
nikon doesnt' have this problem.
Ah, the words of a true intellectual, a great spokesman for your brand. When did this degenerate into a brand war?
I don't understand your first sentence - which camera model are you talking about? Your second sentence has a misplaced apostrophe.
Getting back to the topic, if the lens has a tripod mount it is probably too heavy to hang from the camera body - the mount is reasonably strong, but if you bend the mount your image quality will suffer - why risk it?
Now I use both hands. The Canon lens mounts are larger in diameter than Nikon and able to handle somewhat more force, but the same general rules should be applied.