How do you GRIP your camera when changing LENS ??

1) usually I strap around my neck or shoulder and OFF the power.
2) hold the camera body with the left hand (like what you did in the picture) with the finger on the lens release button
3) with the lens pointing downwards
4) remove the rear lens cap (lens you want to change) from lens B
4) press the lens release button and rotate the lens A to take it out of the mount
5) plug in lens B and rotate to put it into the mound and cover lens A with the rear lens cap.
6) On the power and bring it up and shoot. (assuming you have removed the front lens cap.

Small Little Application Notes:
a) Usually I bring around an extra rear lens cap.
b) Usually I keep all the front lens cap. Only cap it when I have left the place and shooting is completed.
c) Usually I have all the lens hood on the forward position (not reversed).

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When I change lenses I don't really think about it. My hands and fingers just do what needs to be done while the brain works on other things like subject tracking and negotiating the terrain that I am walking through.

But I do know that my left hand grips the side of the camera body and the left thumb presses the lens release button while my right hand fingers grab the lens and twist it off, then stick it in a pocket and pull the other lens out of a pocket or satchel and stick it on the camera.

It all just kind of happens, like driving a car, where your hands and feet just automatically do all the right things while your brain and your eyes do other stuff. Our bodies are made to work that way - I think it's called "auto pilot".

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I don't use a grip, or a neck strap...never felt like i was close to a disaster. i sometimes use a hand strap, if thats the case, i'll change the lens with my left hand. If i'm not using the strap, i'll change with the right, i grip the camera either on the opposite grip side, or just over the top of it all

Like Tom, I don't think about the actual transfer much. That part comes automatically for me. I do, however, plan out the location of the lens I'll be using and where I'm going to put the one I'm taking off. Like most of us, I loosen the rear lens cap so it's easy to take off and install on the lens I'm putting away.

I mostly shoot from a gear cart so this whole procedure is pretty simple for me. I'm always working from a stable platform, if you will. Add to that, it's easy to work from a Domke bag.

RhodyPhotos wrote in post #18360440
Here is what I do.

1. Find a level solid surface, like a table or a sidewalk. No beds or couches or lawns.
2. Place the new lens on the level surface with the rear cap pointing up. Make sure you know where the red dot is so that you don't have to search for it later.
3. Loosen the rear cap.
3. Hold camera in left hand like I normally would, with the lens facing downwards. The LCD screen or the buttons never get touched.
4. Remove the old lens and place next to new lens. Switch the rear cap from the new lens to the old lens
5. Pick up new lens and screw it into the camera.
6. Tighten rear cap on old lens and replace in bag.
7. ZIP UP THE BAG. This is super important. Better to miss a capture than spill the lens while running to get your pic.


Shouldn't take more than 5 secs.

This is what I do since I'm not usually using a strap, although even with a strap I basically do the same thing. The only time it failed me was with my 17 TSE (it has a bulbous front element) when I was out on gravel and got distracted enough to not put the cap back on - I was actually adding an extender. You can't drop something that is already on the ground though. That's my mantra. I always put my gear on the ground rather than a table, my lap or anything else.

ejenner wrote in post #18363924
This is what I do since I'm not usually using a strap, although even with a strap I basically do the same thing. The only time it failed me was with my 17 TSE (it has a bulbous front element) when I was out on gravel and got distracted enough to not put the cap back on - I was actually adding an extender. You can't drop something that is already on the ground though. That's my mantra. I always put my gear on the ground rather than a table, my lap or anything else.

Yeah, if it is an UWA lens (I have the Samyang 14mm) i put on the front cap first so that it can stand by itself. Otherwise the hood is good enough.

mdvaden wrote in post #18359766
I've been thinking-over whether or not to keep using a battery grip. I posted in the gear section about pros and cons of grips. But I think this question fits the general photography section. After fiddling with my cameras with and without a grip, I noticed that changing lenses and how the body is held may matter most to me. I've always used a grip and never gave it much thought. Now I can see I was holding the grip in my left hand and lens in the right hand.

For any of you who don't use a battery grip, can you describe how you are grasping your camera body when switching lenses? Are the camera buttons an obstacle?

I don't particularly like putting my hands on the screen to keep it clean, but the only comfortable option I find is fingers under where the camera plate goes, palm over the screen, and thumb hooked over the top to the right of my viewfinder.

Finger on the lens release button, hold the camera the best way i can whithout any pre-thinking. That's it.Obviously i try to avoid touching the other buttons because most of the times i never turn off the camera. i really don't avoid touching the screen. It's usually a bit greasy with the sweat of my right cheak, so...

This video describes it better:
https://www.youtube.co​m/watch?v=ineSsjwIAqI