70-200 VR Gripes?

hi james-

can't say this has happened to me. i usually hold the lens as far out as possible, which means the base of the hood or the area between the hood and the focus ring. when i hold it by the focus ring, i've never noticed myself moving the ring and changing focus.

what bugs me is the lens hood locking system. the button is in the perfect position to be depressed when i sling the camera around my shoulder or when i walk around carrying it. i've dropped it a couple of times because of this. luckily i was with friends who noticed it had fallen.

give me back the lens hood on my old 80-200mm f/2.8!

ricky

 

James, just started using it but have logged quite a few hours on it so far (a four 8 hr days), haven't had this problem yet....
Ricky - two words: Crazy Glue LOL

 

James - that is supposed to be a feature, not a bug.

You know, so you can easily override the autofocus. I find that I accidently hit the focus ring on my 24-120vr, but only rarely, when I'm holding the camera weird.

I'll bet that is the reason they switched the positions of the two rings on that lens! Thanks for solving that mystery.  

 

You know, I feel exactly opposite about the hood. My 80-200 used to come right off all the time, the only peeve I have about the locking hood, is that whenever I put the 70-200w/hood back into my bag, somehow the button gets pushed and I hear it "unclick". At least it's in the bag and not on the floor.