Air pressure on Flights? Not likely as it travels in my Caririon, er, Carry On...
The only other commonality I can think of is the body - I've used all 3 of them on the same D300 body. Could somehow *that* be causing my lenses to wonkafy itself?
Mind you I also have an older 70-300 that doesn't (yet, at least) seem to have this problem (in fact it is *well* broken in and the zoom will creep), and I also have a 28/ 2.8 prime, both work remarkably well, both are non-VR... but, darn, can there be something in (or on) the body that can cause a lens to disintegrate internally?
At least I still have my 28 and the 70-300. Sadly the only other (film) lenses I still have are pre-AI (and I'll be darned if I slap those on this body this weekend, unless there's an easy conversion I can do on the spot to make them work)... And BTW - Nikon USA won't touch the EU lens, even WITH the receipt... already checked. Nor will Nikon NL take the lens from the US - it has to ship from the EU. Talk about double jeopaerdy!!!
HEY - Idea. Drawing straws, but at this point I'll try anything (esp since my new 16-85 isn't covered under warranty - see if I buy anything in Europe again while living here - grumble grumble...)
can you even MOUNT a non-converted pre-AI lens on a D-300, and if so, what damage would ensue, and then if that happened, could that screw up the other lenses
(After all, there are 4 people I know who have used my D300, and know of my other cameras... like I said, I'm grasping at straws, but now losing the 16-85 scares the heck out of me!)
Hugz (and worried beads of sweat)...
Sus