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<blockquote data-quote="RussellHons" data-source="post: 361978" data-attributes="member: 21177">I might sound like a clutz, but these are the only 2 incidents I have had and both in the last 6 mo.&nbsp; My Tamron 70-200 2.8 rolled off a bar stool onto the hardwood store while I was quickly changing lenses. I have used it probably 1000 times since then, and there was no damage. (other than the dent in the floor).&nbsp;&nbsp; The second incident happened last week when I was out shooting photos of the northern lights in the middle of the night. I stopped on a gravel road, set up my tripod and snapped my D5200 and Sigma 17-50 2.8 onto it. I turned around to grab something from my car and heard the crash!&nbsp; Turned on the flashlight and there was my camera/lens face down on the gravel road.&nbsp; I had failed to make sure the ground was level <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown&nbsp; &nbsp; :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" />&nbsp; Anyway, I gingerly lifted everything up and set it back up. noticed gravel and sand smashed into and around the lens cap and hood. I checked the connections between lens and camera, then took of the lens cap. Everything was perfect! I shot the whole evening with after that, and have had no issues.&nbsp; So.. To me, these lenses have been built to take a bump or two, which hasn't always been the case.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RussellHons, post: 361978, member: 21177"] I might sound like a clutz, but these are the only 2 incidents I have had and both in the last 6 mo. My Tamron 70-200 2.8 rolled off a bar stool onto the hardwood store while I was quickly changing lenses. I have used it probably 1000 times since then, and there was no damage. (other than the dent in the floor). The second incident happened last week when I was out shooting photos of the northern lights in the middle of the night. I stopped on a gravel road, set up my tripod and snapped my D5200 and Sigma 17-50 2.8 onto it. I turned around to grab something from my car and heard the crash! Turned on the flashlight and there was my camera/lens face down on the gravel road. I had failed to make sure the ground was level :( Anyway, I gingerly lifted everything up and set it back up. noticed gravel and sand smashed into and around the lens cap and hood. I checked the connections between lens and camera, then took of the lens cap. Everything was perfect! I shot the whole evening with after that, and have had no issues. So.. To me, these lenses have been built to take a bump or two, which hasn't always been the case. [/QUOTE]

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