On Sat, Feb 11, 2006 at 01:12:02PM -0500, Christian wrote: > Collin R Brendemuehl wrote: > >1. Which lens are you willing to get beat in a harsh environment > >when you don't want to take the nice lenses out to play. > > All of them. They are just tools and are meant to be used. I abuse my > gear and expect it to hold up.
Yep - me too. I've smashed my 250-600 into a pole hard enough to rip the mount out of my MZ-S, and I've knocked my 300/2.8 off a Jersey barrier so that it fell 2' onto a concrete surface. Those two are by far the most expensive lenses in my collection, even at the prices I managed. Come to that, my other expensive lens - the 80-200 - is definitely in KEH ugly condition, mostly of my doing.
