Avoiding lens slipping off camera? 40-150 f2.8 came off today...

James Pilcher wrote:

Tapper123 wrote:

Have you ever had a lens slip off the camera?

Neither have I, until earlier today.

(In fact I've decided to sell it because I really love my gear to look perfect, so if you're interested it's in the DPreview selling forum here. I have photos of it there as well.)

Great marketing: Announce that you've dropped a lens and then offer it for sale. You may find a taker, though, because there's a sucker born every minute.

Jim Pilcher
Bonita Springs, Florida, USA

I'm afraid that was my initial thought as well, but after thinking about it, I appreciate his honesty.

Psychobabble wrote:

James Pilcher wrote:

Tapper123 wrote:

Have you ever had a lens slip off the camera?

Neither have I, until earlier today.

(In fact I've decided to sell it because I really love my gear to look perfect, so if you're interested it's in the DPreview selling forum here. I have photos of it there as well.)

Great marketing: Announce that you've dropped a lens and then offer it for sale. You may find a taker, though, because there's a sucker born every minute.

Jim Pilcher
Bonita Springs, Florida, USA

I'm afraid that was my initial thought as well, but after thinking about it, I appreciate his honesty.

As I commented in another post, yes, the OP is being honest. But I think it unwise for anyone to buy that lens, and unwise for him to sell it, until it has been properly examined by Olympus repair. Unwise for him because without that repair certificate, that lens could haunt him even after the sale if the buyer is not happy for any reason. If nothing else, a buyer can have buyer's remorse and unethically invoke the cry "not sharp enough" because the buyer knows there is no blessing laid upon the lens by Olympus.

On the other hand, it could go swimmingly for both parties. It's a crapshoot, though.

Jim Pilcher
Bonita Springs, Florida, USA

Tapper123 wrote:

Have you ever had a lens slip off the camera?

Neither have I, until earlier today.

I went for a long walk with my EM5II + 40-150 f.2.8 PRO. On the way back home I guess I must've accidentally hit the lens release button and the lens slowly worked itself off the mount. My hand was on the camera and/or the lens all the time, and attached to both a body strap and a wrist strap.

Luckily it didn't fall very far, and works perfectly. But it did take some small cosmetic damage. Unfortunately I'm anal about how my stuff looks. Ugh.

(In fact I've decided to sell it because I really love my gear to look perfect, so if you're interested it's in the DPreview selling forum here. I have photos of it there as well.)

How can I avoid something like that happening again? Any tips?

Just a thought:

Get a quote from Olympus for a full check over and repair. Indicate that you want all damaged cosmetics replaced. You could end up with a lens in pristine condition that costs you less than the hit you will take selling it used and buying new again. I had a bumped misaligned zoom repaired by Olympus once. It came back perfectly aligned, sharp, and looking like new. The price was fair.

I think it best anyway that it be checked over by Olympus before you sell it. That protects you and the buyer.

Jim Pilcher
Bonita Springs, Florida, USA

James Pilcher wrote:

Psychobabble wrote:

James Pilcher wrote:

Tapper123 wrote:

Have you ever had a lens slip off the camera?

Neither have I, until earlier today.

(In fact I've decided to sell it because I really love my gear to look perfect, so if you're interested it's in the DPreview selling forum here. I have photos of it there as well.)

Great marketing: Announce that you've dropped a lens and then offer it for sale. You may find a taker, though, because there's a sucker born every minute.

Jim Pilcher
Bonita Springs, Florida, USA

I'm afraid that was my initial thought as well, but after thinking about it, I appreciate his honesty.

As I commented in another post, yes, the OP is being honest. But I think it unwise for anyone to buy that lens, and unwise for him to sell it, until it has been properly examined by Olympus repair. Unwise for him because without that repair certificate, that lens could haunt him even after the sale if the buyer is not happy for any reason. If nothing else, a buyer can have buyer's remorse and unethically invoke the cry "not sharp enough" because the buyer knows there is no blessing laid upon the lens by Olympus.

On the other hand, it could go swimmingly for both parties. It's a crapshoot, though.

Jim Pilcher
Bonita Springs, Florida, USA

This is part of the reason why I am so uncomfortable buying used equipment.  Sometimes the  damage is not as obvious as this one was on the externals.  I would never buy a lens that looked like this without a repair certificate, and even then, I'm not sure....who's to say that the lens was repaired before then dropped?