Keep lens on/off, CF in/out, battery in/out when at rest?

Just curious. How many of you keep your lens on, battery in, and CF in your camera when it is in the bag and not in use?

Pros/cons to doing so?

I have been removing my battery and keeping it into the charger, taking th elens off, and removing the CF card when I put the camera to sleep.

What say you?

ready to use at all times IMO.

goosemark said:

Just curious. How many of you keep your lens on, battery in, and
CF in your camera when it is in the bag and not in use?

Pros/cons to doing so?

I have been removing my battery and keeping it into the charger,
taking th elens off, and removing the CF card when I put the camera
to sleep.

What say you?

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I keep battery in, Lens on, CF in... ready to go, in bag. Why would you keep taking the lens on/off, with eadh iteration introducing the possibility of getting dust on the sensor and internals?

goosemark said:

Just curious. How many of you keep your lens on, battery in, and
CF in your camera when it is in the bag and not in use?

Pros/cons to doing so?

I have been removing my battery and keeping it into the charger,
taking th elens off, and removing the CF card when I put the camera
to sleep.

What say you?

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goosemark said:

Just curious. How many of you keep your lens on, battery in, and
CF in your camera when it is in the bag and not in use?

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Lens is always on, batteries in the grip, and CF in the slot - only thing to do is turn it on & take the lens cap off. I only recharge my batteries every month or so - I shoot an average of about 75 frames a week, so every charge is usually only from about 75 percent to full. I really don't see any advantage of removing the lens, batteries or CF.
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Tom Nanos
http://www.nanosphoto.com
Connecticut, USA

Thanks all. New to the sport and with everything seeming to be so sensitive (sensors, coatings on lens, etc..), I didn't know if there was any pros/cons to just leaving everything ready to fire.

My preference would be to leave it ready all the time. Good to know.

bshrdr said:

goosemark said:

Just curious. How many of you keep your lens on, battery in, and
CF in your camera when it is in the bag and not in use?

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Lens is always on, batteries in the grip, and CF in the slot - only
thing to do is turn it on & take the lens cap off. I only recharge
my batteries every month or so - I shoot an average of about 75
frames a week, so every charge is usually only from about 75
percent to full. I really don't see any advantage of removing the
lens, batteries or CF.
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Tom Nanos
http://www.nanosphoto.com
Connecticut, USA

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bshrdr said:

goosemark said:

Just curious. How many of you keep your lens on, battery in, and
CF in your camera when it is in the bag and not in use?

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I keep the CF card in,leave the battery in most of the time, though I'm mindful of the risk of damage caused by battery leakage as stated in the manual but have concluded it to be negligible (he says hopefully!) and only put lenses on when ready to use the camera.

The dust problem is less of a worry now that I'm used to cleaning the sensor myself when necessary.

As others do, I also keep lens on in the bag so the camera is always ready to go.

But when I'm going out on a full day-in-the-woods outing, I make sure to top off the charge in the battery that is in the camera. It's said that the battteries will slowly drain while in-camera over time, and if sitting a full week between use I want to be sure to have as much juice as I can.

It's more off an issue for me with the 10D than with the 20D. The 10D usually has an IS lens on it, and the 10D doesn't get as much mileage out of a battery as the 20D does (though I have two batteries for each camera, I should see what sort of mileage the 10D gets with the 20D batteries).

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...Bob, NYC

goosemark said:

Just curious. How many of you keep your lens on, battery in, and
CF in your camera when it is in the bag and not in use?

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Lens on, battery in, CF in.

goosemark said:

Pros/cons to doing so?

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Why not? You want your camera ready to shoot, don't you?

goosemark said:

I have been removing my battery and keeping it into the charger,
taking th elens off, and removing the CF card when I put the camera
to sleep.

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That's pretty pointless. But if it makes you feel better, go ahead.

It sleeps very efficiently. I just pull it out and start shooting. No need to turn it off and on.

I do remove my lens only because I never know which one I'm going to want to slap on when I go out shooting. But my card stays in as do my batteries in the grip. I've always heard alot of talk about dust getting on the sensor when changing lenses but to this day after a year and a half with my 10D, I've cleaned the sensor a total of 1 time, and that was just to try it out.

goosemark said:

My preference would be to leave it ready all the time. Good to know.

bshrdr said:

goosemark said:

Just curious. How many of you keep your lens on, battery in, and
CF in your camera when it is in the bag and not in use?

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Lens is always on, batteries in the grip, and CF in the slot - only
thing to do is turn it on & take the lens cap off. I only recharge
my batteries every month or so - I shoot an average of about 75
frames a week, so every charge is usually only from about 75
percent to full. I really don't see any advantage of removing the
lens, batteries or CF.
--
Tom Nanos
http://www.nanosphoto.com
Connecticut, USA

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