On Nov 10, 2010, at 8:20 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: > I usually hold the lens I'm putting on the camera between my thumb and > forefinger of my left hand and the lens coming off with my palm and the > remaining fingers of that hand. Obvious this doesn't work with relitively > large lenses. It's fast and I've only dropped the 43mm limited once, > (managed to get my foot under it, solid little lens, stings after a drop of 4 > feet), and the A 24mm f2.8 has been dropped once, I wasn't able to interpose > my foot that time. Still not a bad record during the time I've been using K > mount cameras, (since the MX was introduced). > Holy crap! You live dangerously. I remove one lens, cap it and put it away. Then I get out the other lens, remove the caps and put it on the camera. In 40 years, of using DSLR and rangefinder cameras with interchangeable lenses, I've never dropped a lens while putting it on a camera. I did drop a Fuji 50mm about 35 years ago, but I was fondling it, while I was stoned. Paul
> On 11/10/2010 6:12 PM, Steven Desjardins wrote: >> I usually change lenses with little drama. I never gave the release >> switch much thought. I'll try to get annoyed next time. >> >> On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 6:09 PM, Miserere<[email protected]> wrote: >>> On 10 November 2010 16:07, Charles Robinson<[email protected]> wrote: >>>> This would actually really screw me up (horses for courses, I guess). >>>> >>>> For me: I always have the camera facing away from me - right hand gripping >>>> it, reach in with the ring finger, push the lever, and twist off with the >>>> left hand (still looking up at the stage or whatever my subject is). >>>> Throw lens into bag with left hand, grab other lens, spin it onto the body >>>> and keep shooting. My RH index finger barely even needs to come off of >>>> the shutter button. >>>> >>>> I can't imagine taking the time to flip the camera around to do all of >>>> this... where? On a tabletop or something? >>>> >>>> I usually change my lenses "on the fly" unless I'm setting up a static >>>> shot on a tabletop at home. >>>> >>>> -Charles >>> You get me, Charles. >>> >>> >>> --M. >>> -- >>> >>> \/\/o/\/\ --> http://WorldOfMiserere.com >>> >>> http://EnticingTheLight.com >>> A Quest for Photographic Enlightenment >>> >>> -- >>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>> [email protected] >>> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >>> follow the directions. >>> >> >> > > > -- > "His lack of education is more than compensated for by his keenly developed > moral bankruptcy." > -Woody Allen > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
