Plastic cameras and the danger of mounting heavy lenses

There have been some reports of damage to plastic camera lens mounts
using heavier lenses. This goes all the way back to the Nikon D100.
IMO, I'd limit strap-carry of such cameras to lenses weighing 1000g or
less and I'd use a strap with some elasticity to lessen the "g-force"
of the strap bounce.

 

Doesn't the D100 have a metal frame?



Eric Stevens

 

Can you point me in the direction of these reports, please? It may be of
use to have some ammunition when my 1000mm lens breaks the front off the
D40.

 

Moose Petersen did a blurb on DtownTV about this. Recommending
strap carry with the lens pointed toward the small of the back, and
downward to remove stress from the mounting plate.

Regardless of the materials, long and/or heavy lenses on camera
bodies will introduce stresses that can loosen or warp the plates
with time and abuse.

Prudency would suggest taking care no matter the camera, or what
it's made of.

 

When the lens is heavier than the camera, the lens should be used to
support the camera rather than the camera the lens.

 

Precisely. Which is why, on the big glass, the tripod mount is on
the lens.

 

Also straps ON the lens. And Nikon does sell a strap for long lenses.
Besides the one for the camera, don't know if other manufacturers do
so. Some lenses have lugs for straps.

 

Nikon makes a strap on ?!?!

 

Billie Jean King has been a spokesperson for it for weeks, now.

 

I have trouble picturing that.