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Dec 02, 2013 11:00 |  #1

Okay, fess up... Which one of you is this? :D

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Dec 02, 2013 11:08 |  #2

What a numpty...good grief. I feel sorry for the lens...and whomever it was he suckered into having to video that waste of time...


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Dec 02, 2013 11:19 |  #3

Ouch! Made me cringe!

I wonder if the video is a hoax and he just dropped a L-series coffee mug instead...

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Dec 02, 2013 11:26 |  #4

Certainly possible... But it does look like it was actually mounted!


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Dec 02, 2013 11:38 |  #5

No...I have one of those mugs; it definitely wouldn't make that sickening "crunch" when it hit the ground...


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Dec 02, 2013 11:43 |  #6

I wouldn't try that with my hundred dollar nifty fifty lens. So much for looking cool. Good grief!




  
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Dec 02, 2013 14:46 |  #7

Double Negative wrote in post #16495317 (external link)
Certainly possible... But it does look like it was actually mounted!

Snydremark wrote in post #16495348 (external link)
No...I have one of those mugs; it definitely wouldn't make that sickening "crunch" when it hit the ground...

Good points! It must certainly be real.

I always change lenses slowly and deliberately. Anytime you get in a rush (as he did), you're inviting disaster.

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Dec 02, 2013 16:06 |  #8

I'll admit, I do do the one-handed removal at times, but I do it, slowly, over my bag or while crouched; just in case of a drop


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Dec 02, 2013 17:24 |  #9

Yikes!


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Dec 02, 2013 17:33 as a reply to  @ flowrider's post |  #10

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Dec 02, 2013 17:39 as a reply to  @ 20droger's post |  #11

"Oh, nooo! Pro is me." :(

"Pro, pro me." :(


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Dec 02, 2013 23:58 as a reply to  @ LV Moose's post |  #12

"Just like a real pro!" Good grief. Images talk, not spinning a lens.


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Dec 03, 2013 05:29 |  #13

I pretty much always use two hands (as do most pros I know).


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Dec 03, 2013 06:50 |  #14

Something tells me that most "pro" photographers are going to be far more interested in keeping their multi-thousand dollar equipment intact so that they can keep being "pro" photographers... I know there are obviously times when you will need to change your lens very quickly, but 99.9% of the time that seems like way too much of a risk.

I really really hope that was a dead/damaged second hand lens that he bought specifically for that video!


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Dec 03, 2013 07:04 |  #15

So glad I am not pro - happy to change my lenses with two hands and keep them intact and functioning.

For the 5 second difference between 1 and 2 hands, I know what my preference is!


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