06-12-2022, 03:16 PM
... some seem to have a particular fate. Perhaps you might recall that seven years ago the tripod collar of my SEL70200G failed (the collar was attached to a strap) and the lens broke in two halves falling on hard terrain. 500€ worth of repair. The only piece of equipment that I dropped to the ground since 2013.
https://forum.opticallimits.com/showthread.php?tid=1071
Since then I changed the weak Sony collar with a third-party alternate product that, while much cheaper and simpler by design, is more robust since it is has a plain old screw-based lock.
Yesterday the lens fell again on hard terrain (!!! a lonely piece in the middle of a wood) because the extension tube mount failed (and in an exceptional and temporary case I was holding the combo from the camera instead of the lens).
This time the hood got the bump and apparently nothing happened: the lens is still working and taking sharp pictures. I'll do some deeper test in the next days, but how do I find whether the OSS still works unaffected?
https://forum.opticallimits.com/showthread.php?tid=1071
Since then I changed the weak Sony collar with a third-party alternate product that, while much cheaper and simpler by design, is more robust since it is has a plain old screw-based lock.
Yesterday the lens fell again on hard terrain (!!! a lonely piece in the middle of a wood) because the extension tube mount failed (and in an exceptional and temporary case I was holding the combo from the camera instead of the lens).
This time the hood got the bump and apparently nothing happened: the lens is still working and taking sharp pictures. I'll do some deeper test in the next days, but how do I find whether the OSS still works unaffected?