ed9119 said:throw style , easy access, preference and natural instinct out the window: THE LAW... THE SOP.... THE HOLY BOOK .... SAYS SO.... is ALWAYS FRONT ELEMENT FACE DOWN or lying down on its side if your bag is configured that way (esp for backpack styles)
throw style , easy access, preference and natural instinct out the window: THE LAW... THE SOP.... THE HOLY BOOK .... SAYS SO.... is ALWAYS FRONT ELEMENT FACE DOWN or lying down on its side if your bag is configured that way (esp for backpack styles)
front down for me only because I prefer to keep the lens hood attached to the lens in reverse when not in use .... just too risky pulling a lens out of the bag by its hood if its placed facing up .... had dropped a 70-200 and a 100mm macro before like this .... and my hand was stupidly left holding onto a lens hood while the lens separated and dropped to the ground
expensive tuition fee for these lessons (I have a thick 'duhhh' skull to drop lenses twice) which i give to you FoC
Such lenses have a lock switch to prevent the 'lens creeping'.One thing is that, if you have those long or heavy lenses, that would slide forward involuntarily since the glass within shifts forward due to gravity, it is better for the front element to be facing up, so it would be safer imo.
Such lenses have a lock switch to prevent the 'lens creeping'.
Such lenses have a lock switch to prevent the 'lens creeping'.
most should, but not all. the iconic (or ironic?) EF 70-210 F3.5-4.5 USM (almost an L) notoriously suffers from lens creep having no barrel lock
i don't have this lens but it is alarming trying to picture or imagine the zoom being extended rapidly and forcibly to maximum, bearing the weight of the big heavy lens!
" *shhhhhh...tock*! "
Yeah, that's why I rather it facing upwards with these kind of lenses mentioned above. Because since the glass is so heavy, imagine hand holding the camera and all of a sudden, it slides forward uncontrollably..
Guys, it's called 'zoom creeping' for a reason. Otherwise it would be 'zoom free fall' ...