Why not all white
May 1, 2019 22:00:53 #
larryepage
Loc: North Texas area
lamiaceae wrote:
Not likely per G-force. Others have stated NASA's... (show quote)
Usually you hear pilots talking about "9 G turns" in fighter jets. When I worked in the air express industry, we had "9 G cargo nets" separating the cargo area from the flight deck. 9 Gs seems to be a standard in airframe design.
May 1, 2019 22:49:50 #
joer wrote:
Really...have other manufacturers found the secret to thermal absorption that Canon missed?
I have a whitish Sony long telephoto so I guess they are as smart as Canon. Lol 😂
May 1, 2019 23:49:43 #
LFingar wrote:
The barrel? Of course you wouldn't sand the barrel! Are you nuts? We were discussing getting over-spray off the lens elements after painting the barrel white. Sand the barrel! My gosh, now I have heard everything! 
Blue masking tape does a good job of keeping that nasty off white over spray off the front and rear glass. I personally just use lens skins. They not only alter the exterior appearance, they also help protect the lens.
But shouldn't one prep the barrel prior to painting? And isn't the best way to prep the barrel prior to painting off white, sanding with real fine sand paper or steel wool!?🎨
May 1, 2019 23:51:15 #
GrandmaG wrote:
I have a whitish Sony long telephoto so I guess they are as smart as Canon. Lol 😂
It doesn't count if they don't paint that really cool crimson band on the outer edge of the lens barrel.
May 2, 2019 00:03:57 #
DeanS wrote:
I would NEVER touch my barrel with sandpaper. My barrel is just waaaaay too sensitive.😎😎😎
Ouch...
May 2, 2019 00:26:35 #
I own a few fairly large telephoto lenses, painted both black and light grey. Prior to installing lens coats on those lenses I noticed that when mounted on a tripod and shooting in the hot Outer Banks early afternoon sun, the black barrels would become quite hot to the touch and the off white light grey Canon barrels would not. I don't know how this effected the lens internally but it sure made it difficult to hold on to the black lens barrels. I use to drape white cotton towels over the black barrels to keep them from getting too hot. They now all have light camo lens skins on them and the skins don't heat up in the sun light like the black paint did.
May 2, 2019 11:53:40 #
May 2, 2019 14:15:57 #
larryepage wrote:
Usually you hear pilots talking about "9 G turns" in fighter jets. When I worked in the air express industry, we had "9 G cargo nets" separating the cargo area from the flight deck. 9 Gs seems to be a standard in airframe design.
OK, cool. That answers that. Figures I think they pretty much use "aviation" grade metals for high-end drag cars.
May 2, 2019 14:25:17 #
I don't think it will be just the longer focal lengths in white. The RF 85 1.2L coming out 7/19 looks like it will be getting the same color treatment. The white is easily identified at sporting events.
May 2, 2019 14:40:04 #
Haydon wrote:
I don't think it will be just the longer focal lengths in white. The RF 85 1.2L coming out 7/19 looks like it will be getting the same color treatment. The white is easily identified at sporting events.
While the off white with crimson band lenses may be easily identified at sports events, the 85mm lens mentioned isn't something you'd normally see at such an event; it is more a portrait and still life lens.
May 2, 2019 14:41:14 #
rmorrison1116 wrote:
While the off white with crimson band lenses may be easily identified at sports events, the 85mm lens mentioned isn't something you'd normally see at such an event; it is more a portrait and still life lens.
I'm well aware of that. I merely mentioned that the color is migrating to the shorter focal lengths. It's no longer going to be just the great whites.
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