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Ed M
And I discovered another reason today.
D4, 1.7 TC, 300 f4 ended up between me and the ground in some non-olympian athletics!
D4 ... Ok, just a war scratch.
300 OK, dent on lens hood.
TC - stuffed. Lens-mounting ring distorted. D4 couples perfectly to all lenses and focus is spot on.
Lucky but maybe an argument for always having a TC!
Ed
When I got my gold medal in the D3/24-70 hurling event last year, the 24-70 disintegrated into several bits...but the mount stayed fixed and intact on the D3.
The lens was easily reassembled.
It made me wonder if there was a deliberate 'crumple-zone' in the modern lenses such that it sacrificially takes the impact in an area of least concern?
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Eric