Hd100 in Transit
Hi guys,
I spoke to a rep recently at optex and he seemed surpised that I took the lens of whilst driving around with the camera. What do you guys do? A) keep it as a complete unit B) seperate I've been choosing to seperate as the lens to camera join is not the widest I've seen worrried that a 'car jolt' could possibly damage it or is this over cautious? also anybody know of any good hard case solutions other than explorer or peli? Hasta Luego Greg C. |
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Okay, I should add that you might need to take the lens off if you are shipping the camera in a hard case and the whole thing doesn't fit. In any other 'normal' situations it should be fine as a combo.
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thanks Jiri
Hi jiri,
forgot to mention at the time I had no case and the camera was just on the front seat of the car. Also on the films I work on the cam dep never leave the lense on cam also all the stills guys on the films never leave lenses on either. That was the reason I asked I guess (sorry just trying to make myself feel like a little less of an idiot.) Thanks again mate your advive is always appreciated. Greg C. |
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hello mate
Hi Jiri,
Well I guess that was 214 posts of experience talking there, I'll be there one day. All the best mate, Greg. |
I always leave my lenses attached while transporting between shoots. I have a porta brace bag for one camera, and a pelican case for the other. If I ever have to ship via other means (fedex, etc.) I will be looking into the JVC hardcase. Personally, I'm more worried about the lens cable connection. I don't remove the viewfinder for this reason as well.
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Same subject but differant camera,XL2 ?
I have the same question about the XL2.The handbook recomends that the lense be removed when the camera is in transit ,because the lense mountring ring can get damaged.I find this a pain in the butt when traveling short distances between shoots.Its time cosuming, and theres more chance of dust getting in the body.I understand its probably nessasary when transported on a long journy by plane,car etc.
I have now decided to carry the camera with lense attached ,but sit it in a large padded box when moving between locations on local shoots. I'd like to know how the majority of XL2 experts transport thier cameras? |
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