Aluminum mount and larger Canon glass?

[Brian Hockenstein]

HelloI'm wondering if the aluminum mount is strong enough for a Canon 70-200 or larger lens. Thoughts?BH

 

[Nick Gardner]

Aluminum PL mount or canon? On a canon mount I would use support on any larger lens.

Nick

 

[Björn Benckert]

Best practice is ofcourse not to stress the mounts no matter what they are made of. But to answer your question I think if you would push it, then the lens would break before the mount...

 

[Brian Hockenstein]

I am asking about the Aluminum Canon mount.

So, Bjorn, you're saying it is "strong enough" then? What advantage would the titanium mount be for me then (Canon 70-200 being the largest lens I use regularly)?

 

[Björn Benckert]

I am asking about the Aluminum Canon mount.

So, Bjorn, you're saying it is "strong enough" then? What advantage would the titanium mount be for me then (Canon 70-200 being the largest lens I use regularly)?

Girls might fancy you more if you get the Ti, works the same way as custom rims on cars... No but, some might say the Ti is less temperature sensitive and stronger and possibly they are right. But then again how accurate are your markings.... possibly not so tack on if it´s EF glass and on long lenses like that you most likely set focus by judging the picture any way. And also if things would go bad and something would break then personally I would probably be more happy if the mount broke then the lens or the camera... Also that lens is built for canon still cameras, those does not have much of rod/lens support and their EF camera mounts are actually screw on to their cameras with little screws seated into plastic and that worked well for most still shooters. So if you use the lens the same as still photographers I think the material used in the mount does not matter much. And if you plan on using clamp on mattebox and follow focus systems well then the whole EF system is pretty far from ideal no matter what mount on camera as the lens mount on ef glass is also very weak. As for such setups the FF systems pushing on the lens and the weight from mattboxes and filters will affect the lens performance.

So personally I would definitely not put money on a Ti EF mount. I got one but thats just because I bought it before the Al version came out.

 

[Brian Hockenstein]

great reply. thanks!

I'll probably go aluminum and invest the saved money on rims!