Possible to cross thread lens onto camera?

8 years 11 months ago #440052 by Sawyer
A friend left me a voice mail yesterday stating that he crossed threaded his 70-200mm lens onto his 5D.   I don't see how this is possilbe?  I left him a message to ask the details, doesn't make sense to me. 


Have you heard of this happening?

Canon 5D Mark II | Canon 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM | Canon 35L | Sigma 85 1.4 | Helios 44M-6 58mm(M42) | Zeiss 50mm 1.4 (C/Y) | Canon 135L | (2) 430EX II
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8 years 11 months ago #440053 by Shadowfixer1
Yes, I have, sort of. I was judging at a local camera club about 10 years ago when I was approached by a woman who had put her lens on by turning it in the opposite direction she was supposed to. It took me about 5 or 10 minutes to free it up and luckily without damage.
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8 years 11 months ago #440054 by Screamin Scott
Most all current lenses are bayonet mount. Screw mount lenses haven't been around for decades. It is possible to mount a bayonet lens improperly if you don't line up the guides marks correctly though.

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8 years 11 months ago #440055 by Don Fischer
Not sure haw that can happen. He'd have to force the lens. There is no doubt if a lens isn't going on right.


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8 years 11 months ago #440086 by Stealthy Ninja
You'd have to use more force than you should.
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8 years 11 months ago #440105 by Luca
:agree: plastic lenses


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8 years 11 months ago - 8 years 11 months ago #440177 by Joves
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Anything is possible when dealing with people and mechanical devices. I have never done that particular stupid pet trick myself even with my first SLRs that had screw mounts. Those threads on those were coarse enough that it was pretty hard to do it. Well do it easily. Now over tightening them is another matter altogether.


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8 years 11 months ago #440217 by Mark T
 That would be an expensive whoops!  Honestly I don't see how this would happen.


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8 years 10 months ago #440254 by No Show
Well that is a first, looking at my camera and lens that is currently on it, leads me to believe they had to REALLY work hard at screwing up that mount. 

D300| Nikkor 24-70mm 2.8 | Nikkor 70-200mm VR 2.8 | Nikkor 50mm 1.8 | Nikon 2x Teleconverter | Sigma 105mm 2.8 | Tokina 12-24
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8 years 10 months ago #440438 by Jasper_1
I've cross threaded filters on lenses, but not filters onto cameras 


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8 years 10 months ago #440703 by Ted Baker
:blink: They must have been super rough to do that


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8 years 10 months ago #440744 by Conner
Well, I've crossed a filter onto a lens once, but never a complete lens onto the camera!


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8 years 10 months ago #441122 by Roman Omell
+1 cross threading with filter and lens 


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