Proper Care Of EOS Lenses

[douglas_vitello]

When I purchased my first EOS body many years ago I was advised by

the salesperson to store the body/lenses in my camera bag with the

lens front end pointed upward to avoid constant shock loads on the

lens motor drive and bearings.Likewise he advised me to use only the

Canon brand EOS lens caps because they had reduced spring pressure.I

have always done this and all my lenses have remained factory tight

through the years.I don't recall Canon ever recommending this

procedure and wonder after all these years if it is worth the

effort.I have run into numerous used EOS lenses with considerable

slop in the front driven section and am curious if this is from

normal drive wear or improper transportation orientation.

[andrew robertson]

I store mine front up, but only as an aid to identification. I store my big glass on its side.

[KenPapai]

Lenses are lenses. Has nothing to do with EOS bodies. Sometimes I wonder...

[pbizarro]

My goodness, now I am worried:)

[PuppyDigs]

Plastic componets wear and get sloppy faster than metal. Some of my older zooms are

loose as a goose but work fine otherwise. Just bring 'em in outta the rain, avoid extreme

impact, exercise them once in a while and they'll be fine for decades. My 1988 EF 50 1.8

has been tossed, rolled and peed on and still works like a charm.

[ben_rubinstein___mancheste]

peed on?!

 

Then again using a urinal with a heavy camera and lens round your neck is always a pain, especially when you're in a hurry like I am when shooting weddings. Bladders have no idea of how inconvenient some moments are...

[fernando lopez]

My advice for storing EF- lenses (which happens to be the way I store them :-)

 

1. Put them in a original Canon Lenspouch, with the frontelements pointed upwards.

2. Ofcourse always leave UV- filters and lenscaps on the lens.

3. Use a plastic transparent storage box which can be purchased at any hardware store for $ 3.

4. I put my lenses in their pouches, then I have put a towel in the plastic box (maybe exaggerated) on which I place the lenses (in their pouches). In the center of all this beautiful glass, I place a pelican anti- moisture pack with sillicon

5. Keep the box closed or the sillicon will not work.

 

Avoid humidity or extreme heat/ cold in the proximity of the box.

 

This works for me, so it should work for you.............I guess...;-) .

[fernando lopez]

However, it amazes me what people can worry about...........

[john_stark]

My lenses are rarely off a camera. This avoids many problems, especially the dust problem many people whine about here. And if they are off they are in the lens case they came in, placed front down just as the factory had shipped them. Obviously Canon feels they should be front down or they wouldn't desin the cases for them to fit only that way.

It is rare though for one of the lenses to be off the body :)

 

JS

[vincent_j_m]

I always store my lenses in a dehumidifier cabinet. It's quite humid where I live, and storing the lens in the lens pouch is a sure fire recepie for disaster (fungus).

[dave henri]

I keep them in my camera bag, ready to shoot, with lens and back caps on . The other one's not in the bag (i.e. 100mm Macro) I just keep on my dresser top, with lens caps and back caps on. That way they nag me to go out and shoot with them. Works for me.