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I don't mind the plastic lenses I use on my D5600, but I know they wouldn't survive bumping into something. People who do it professionally bump into stuff and
by Kye 6y ago
I don't mind the plastic lenses I use on my D5600, but I know they wouldn't survive bumping into something. People who do it professionally bump into stuff and won't always be where they can replace it, so they need sturdier material.
- tomc1985 6y agoMy old D3100 and its kit, plastic 18-55 lens have been through hell and back. It's knocked into more things than I can count hanging over my shoulder or around my torso. I recently sold the system to a friend and had the chance to test it out, it still works great I would say Nikon lenses are pretty sturdy
- brudgers 6y agoThe bumper on your car is probably plastic. It will survive 1500 kg moving at 8kmh. If you bang a lens, the most likely breakage will be the precision optical system going out of whack. By the time the housing cracks, that’s likely to have already happened as well.
- to11mtm 6y agoEven then it might take a bit before you even notice or -care-. My best Sony E 18-55 is ever so slightly cocked out of alignment when at it's past ~45mm or so, yet you could never tell from the photos.
- sudosysgen 6y agoYup. The cool thing about phase detect autofocus is that it will correct for all first-order aberrations, such as tilt in the lens, at the focus point.
- sudosysgen 6y agoI didn't really mean that the lens barrel would be plastic - I think that a healthy mix of fiber reinforced plastics and metals is the best - I was also thinking of optical elements themselves being plastic, which allows for much cheaper prices. That being said, most lens damage is in the filter thread or in optical alignment, metal vs plastic doesn't make that big of a difference.