Hi, in a church in Transylvania I dropped an expensive Contax 80-200/4 zoom from chest height onto the stone floor. The metal B+W hood took the impact and buckled. The lens suffered no damage at all.
I once dropped an SMC A 70-210 zoom onto a concrete pavement. It made a parabolic arc in slo-mo to above head height. Again, the metal B+W hood took the impact and the lens, even though it rolled about 20m downhill, suffered no damage. I dropped a Leica M3 with a 50/2 lens onto a concrete pavement from about chest height. The metal Leica hood took the fall and crumpled, but neither the body nor the lens suffered any damage. --- Bob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Thursday, May 23, 2002, 3:05:59 PM, you wrote: > Kinda like a race car.... designed to shed parts and be destroyed in an > explosion of carbon fiber, all to disipate the energy of the impact and thus > protect the driver. > I'll take the plastic lens hoods and just replace them when they break... a > lot cheaper than replacing the lens when the metal hood transfers the energy > of impact directly to the lens. > Christian > On Thursday 23 May 2002 10:01, tom wrote: >> I don't know, but here are my falling lens experiences: >> >> - The plastic hood on the 28-70/2.8 was broken when the MZ-S and the >> tripod it was attached to tipped over onto a marble floor. Camera and >> lens were fine, hood destroyed. >> - I've dropped the 77 twice. The first time just dented the metal cap, >> the 2nd time did something to cause the aperture ring to get sticky. >> It's queued up to go to Pentax. >> - The FA 45-85 fell over on a triped directly onto a marble floor. The >> lens suffered about $500 in damage. I suspect it would have survived >> fine with the standard plastic hood, which I didn't have. >> >> So, again, I have no clue, but these have been my experiences, and I >> personally believe a plastic hood offers good protection. >> >> tv - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
