itchy shutter finger Posted May 10, 2020 Share Posted May 10, 2020 (edited) I am not quite a year into my Fujifilm experience, and I find myself in a place I didn't expect to be. As I grow my lens collection, I find I am preferring XC lenses over the XF counterparts. I am using three of them; a 50-230, a 16-50, and the new 35 mm f2. I like them all, but I am wondering about that plastic lens mount. Has anyone here ever broken one? Is it feasible to replace it with the metal mount from a junked XF lens? Edited May 10, 2020 by itchy shutter finger Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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johant Posted May 14, 2020 Share Posted May 14, 2020 (edited) Yes, I broke the mount on a XC 50-230 several years ago. Apart from that incident, I never had an issue with the plastic mounts. In fact, I sold my XF zooms and only have XC zooms (and XF primes) now. The XC zooms are lighter and cheaper than the XFs, and optically they are good enough. I don't use them that much anyway; in most cases I prefer primes. In fact, the last two vacations I only used my X100T. Edited May 14, 2020 by johant Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PH@GH95612 Posted June 8, 2020 Share Posted June 8, 2020 I used lens with plastic mount (but Olympus) for 5 or 6 years without any issues. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyH44 Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 Plastic mounts are fine and are sufficiently strong ......... unless you are ham-fisted and/or mistreat your equipment. Never had an issue with any of mine. 😉 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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