, and please lets not turn this into a 'blad bashing!
Regards,
Nicholas
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I have 50 and 80 and the front has come loose/wobbly on both of these (my 35 is perfect)
No Nikkor or Mamiya lens I have ever owned has EVER had any problems - even the nikons bought 20 years ago - they are still gonig strong
It is bloody annoying becuase both HCs need to go away to service
I keep these lenses in a billingham bag with front element pointing towards the floor - the billingham has a double thickness bottom
I have loaded them with the body attached - but never dropped the bag or suchlike
It is my opinion/guess that H series lenses are weak when subjected to loads of this nature ie a compression load along its axisAnd therefore some users may have had problems while others may not dependant on load method
A nikon does not fit in a bag this way being taller than its depth so I have not loaded nikons this way
Once the lenses are repaired I will load them front element up and with the body down - annoying because I will no longer be able to 'quick draw' and also if I load the body downwards the DB will be subjected to the impact of bag drop - and in the long run I would prefer to bereak an HC than my DB - maybe there is a solution with custom cutting some foam so that the body/back supports its own wieght with the lens suspended below
That the 50 has failed with minimal abuse (Ive only had it 2 months) and its hardly ever on the camera still makes me beleive that they are poorly designed havinging in effect failed under its own weight when stored/transported upright
SMM