Sitting camera down on table

This may be a dumb question. I just received my 17-55 lens yesterday, and now when I sit my camera down on the table, the weight of the lens tips it over so that it is resting on the bottom of the lens. Will this damage the lens? See the attached photo.

As a side note, I purchased this lens used from Adorama and it was rated as "E" quality, which had a possibility of dust. There is indeed some dust inside that I can see, but it hasn't affected image quality that I can tell. There is a local camera shop named Deville Camera that I may call and see if they provide a cleaning service to get the dust out.

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No, it won't damage the lens.

Having said that, with the grip on the body I find it more convenient to lay it on the side so that I can just put my hand on top and pick it up, which also happens to place the lens at less of an angle it that makes you feel better about it.

Resting it like that will not hurt anything. As for the dust, if it is not affecting your ophotos forget about it. If you have it cleaned, it will have dust in it in a week anyways.

edit~ krb was typing at the same time......

montanawild wrote in post #9573559
Resting it like that will not hurt anything. As for the dust, if it is not affecting your ophotos forget about it. If you have it cleaned, it will have dust in it in a week anyways.

edit~ krb was typing at the same time......

I'll probably just see if they provide the service and what it costs for down the road. At which point "could" it start affecting image quality?

eaglefan wrote in post #9573578
I'll probably just see if they provide the service and what it costs for down the road. At which point "could" it start affecting image quality?

Well, if it gets so thick that it begins to completely block off the light coming through then it could...

I've never heard of it actually causing an issue.

I've solved the dust problem with my 17-55 by no longer looking into the lens. Good advice from krb - lay your camera on its side.

i always lay mine down on its side as well just because it seems more stable that way

krb wrote in post #9573556
Having said that, with the grip on the body I find it more convenient to lay it on the side so that I can just put my hand on top and pick it up, which also happens to place the lens at less of an angle it that makes you feel better about it.

Why can't I think of things like this... Natural looking too.

I leave my 24-70L hood on just for thread/glass protection also.

Maybe I will invent a line of hoods with a mini-kickstand.

Dust inside a lens has to be really bad before it affects the image. You'll get a tiny amount of very localized softness but it has to be crazy bad before you'll see it.

A similar topic... http://www.lensrentals​.com …0/front-element-scratches

Phil H wrote in post #9573644
I've solved the dust problem with my 17-55 by no longer looking into the lens.

Excellent advice! This is how I fix all my dust-in-lens problems too.

I cleaned 3 or 4 17-55mm lenses for friends, had I known how to do it before I sold mine I would have probably cleaned it to, it is so easy to do !
As for it making a difference before and after cleaning .... not one bit !!!

dovaka wrote in post #9573755
i always lay mine down on its side as well just because it seems more stable that way

Bingo. Me, too. With a longer lens on the camera, (70-200) it almost lays flat when you put the camera on its side.

dave

When i had the EOS 450D i also put it on its side, this was the most stable and handy.

Now i have a EOS 7D and apparently somebody thought it would be nice to have the thing you 'connect' your strap to (i don't know what it's called in english ) to stick out so you can't place the camera firmly on its side

tkbslc wrote in post #9573892
Maybe I will invent a line of hoods with a mini-kickstand.

I'd like to see something like a block of semi-rigid foam with an elastic loop on one end to go around the lens barrel. One could position it somewhere along the length where it wouldn't touch anything that moves.

Mind you, it'd look dorky as hell.