tomcat wrote:
Folks, I am getting more and more aggravated by the day over my fumbling fingers. I have a problem with the switches on my Nikon 70-200mm lens barrel being moved off of the set points by my fingers. I often find that I have moved the A/M switch to the M position and 20 shots are OOF before I get a chance to chimp. Or I move the VR switch to off and again run off several exposures without VR on. I have thought of one final solution----superglue the darn things in place. But the next owner may not like that. Or get a huge rubber band to go around the barrel and cover access to those switches. I have seen some covers at B&H.
What do you do to prevent this?
Folks, I am getting more and more aggravated by th... (
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I have actually glued switches ... to prevent tampering,
household type, not on a lens :-(
The heavy rubber bands DO work. They might seem
expensive at about $5 for a rubber band, but they do
actually earn their keep. Tape also works.
No offense intended, but I suggest you also work on
the awareness thing. OK, VR is not noticeable by eye,
but OOF ? Not seeing the AF activation and "OK" LED ?
Answers like "hectic action subjects", and "pressure
situation" will NOT fly. It's only pictures, or at most it's
only money. IOW, think of firefighters or combat GIs.
Hectic ? Pressure ? Yup, and life or death. People learn
to keep all the ducks in a row even under really trying
conditions. You are people, right ? You can do it.
One other thing that I do quite a bit of ... I increase
the visibility of control markings to avoid failures to
notice whether they have changed. I use nail polish,
in bold basic colors ... the cheapest, about $1 each.
Example: