The lens mount doesn't seem to wear faster than metal but then again it's mainly a backup body for me. I do cradle the lens especially it's a heavy one. (I don't think I'd use a ZX-M on a tripod with a heavy long lens that didn't have it's own mount).
At 02:41 AM 8/31/2002 -0400, you wrote: >I have a Tamron 70-210 F3.5 lens, a real blunderbuss without a tripod >mounting ring (it was manufactured that way). Am I asking for trouble by >mounting it on my plastic body mount ZX-M and then mounting the whole rig >on my Bogen tripod? It seems that all that weight hanging there... > >Also, has anyone had problems with a ZX-M and metal-mount lenses, wear and >tear on the body mount from changing lenses often? > >Best, > >Ray
