So do you detach long lenses from the camera when you're moving around with them? Because with a small lens you would typically carry it around by the camera itself. But with a large enough lens you could bend the mount on your camera if you did it that way. Of course, you could just always detach the lens from any support you might be using and then carry the package by the lens body itself, but of course, you wouldn't get as good a grip on the package that way and you would risk dropping it.
You could put it all in to a bag, and carry that way, but you're risking the shot.
These types of absolute statements remind me of Apple telling users that they're holding their phone wrongly. Of course large lens camera combos are going to be carried by the lens foot. That's an obvious real world way that they're going to get used.
Blakehfreeman wrote:
RRS sold a replacement for the metal mount being held in by the four screws for the VR1 and VRII lenses because the Nikon mounts were considered a weak point. No knowledge of this issue but it wouldn’t be the first time that was a weak point for a Nikon 70-200. 🤷🏼♂️
This is also why I insure all my equipment!
Thanks for the reminder, I need to get my new 70-200 on to my policy.
