dpaden Loc: Homewood, Alabama

I was in a plane crash in Alaska in 1979 where the plane burned completely and all I found of my Minolta XE7 (the next day) was a prism which I still have.

RG4073 Loc: Kettering, OH

How about a close call?

Photography has been a hobby of mine for more decades than I'd like to admit, and I never found a way to destroy a camera! However, while bike riding (another hobby) along the canal towpath on a horribly hot day in the Cuyahoga Valley National Park, I stopped to snap a pic of a beautiful blue heron. With my fingertips I grabbed my D90 from my bike pack, but they were sweaty and the camera went right through them! It's funny that so many things crossed my mind in that instant, but I also somehow (instinctively?) moved my foot under the camera to break its fall... and the camera landed perfectly atop it. It fell gently off my foot all the remaining two inches to the ground and was totally undamaged! Pure luck! VERY oddly the exact same thing happened with a little Canon G9 I have (the D90 no longer accompanies me on bike rides!) while riding the C&O Canal Towpath Train in western MD a couple of years ago! It was fine, too.

I did destroy a lens, however, a nice Nikon 70-300mm zoomer. While hiking down the Hermit Trail in the Grand Canyon I stepped on a rock that tipped sideways, sending me tumbling downhill about 50 feet. That hurt like HELL!!! After recovering a bit I checked my backpack, where all my camera gear was stowed. The equipment was all fine except for the zoomer, which looked like it had taken one heckuva shot. There was no fixin' that puppy! Still haven't replaced it though!

Edmojo Loc: Manhattan New York

Sometime in the eighties I was playing with my dog, a few moments before I was also cleaning my lens for the cannon A1. I had about four lens on a table.
In the dog play I was throwing his toy across the room, our positions were reversed and while continuing to play fetch I watched my dog slide into the table holding the lens. Well needless to say all those great glass lens rolled to the floor and were broken and useless, felt like a bad movie!
Learned to be more careful.
Ed

HLAZYJ Loc: Olathe, Colorado

Back in the mid 70's my husband was on a horseback pack trip into the remote San Juan mountains. He had his prize Minolta around the saddle horn, where it was handy any time he say an interesting shot. He piled off his horse for a look see and the darn horse laid down and rolled on the camera, saddle and all. We sent the Minolta for repairs and it is still working. Darn horses will do the darnedest things.

PNagy Loc: Missouri City, Texas

Once I went to a shoot like a good photographer should. First one, then the other broke down during the shoot. I somehow got by with the shots I had already taken. I am just glad the the second one broke down late into the event. If it had been earlier, and especially if it had been a wedding, I would have been in serious trouble.

Jackinthebox Loc: travel the world

I was on that boat "The maiden of the mist" If you wanted a drink you just open your mouth.

Jackinthebox Loc: travel the world

I was on that boat "The maiden of the mist" If you wanted a drink you just open your mouth.

Jackinthebox Loc: travel the world

Many, many years ago in the late 70s I bought a Canon A1 and an expensive lens. I learned and took many pictures in the LA Zoo, the San Diego zoo and all over S. California and more family pictures etc. Then of course came Disney World, or was it Disney land in LA? We took the kids, 3 of them and it was wonderful. I remembered sitting on the street curb tying the shoelaces in my daughters shoe and walking down the broad street. Realizing my camera was missing made me just about have a heart attack and I ran back to the spot where I knew I had set it on the curb, Nothing there of course. I had that ice-cold feeling all the way to the park office and the lost and found department. I blurted out “ I lost my camera” and the lady behind the desk gave me a knowing smile while handing me my camera. I was truly astonished and asked her “ how do you know it is mine” and she said “I see it in your eyes”.
Wow how lucky can you get. I asked her who brought it to the office and she said some lady did and she left this note. A week later I went to the address on the note and at her door I handed the lady an envelope with my thank you letter and a check to express my gratitude. She read the letter and while tearing the Check she said, “this piece of paper I do not need but this, the letter, I will keep forever. Thirty-five years later, I still feel so good that there are people who are honest generous and kind.

Unclewiggley Loc: Winter Haven, FL

I was shooting a landscape with my Canon A-E1 program on a side of a small hill. I slipped and slid down on my back holding the camera so it would not hit the ground. Unforturnately there was a cock sticking out of the ground and the camera clipped it putting a small dent on the upper housing. It is still there and didn't stop the camera from functioning. Still works great today. To bad film is going away slowleyy and processing is so expensive.

MT Shooter Loc: Montana

I think I would be extra careful shooting anywhere that there are cocks sticking out!!!!

Unclewiggley Loc: Winter Haven, FL

Sorry!,I guess I should re-read my post before sending -LOL Guess I haven't trained my keyboard to well.

MT Shooter Loc: Montana

With a name like UncleWiggley I just had to question the authenticity of the comment is all! LOL

Barb Loc: ALASKA

Yep, I did almost the same thing! Just put the boat in the water, husband was in the boat .. I parked the car & trailor .. coming back to get into the boat with him .. the wave action took the boat out just about the same time I stepped into it .. I went down with my camera, purse, EVERTHING .. and then worried about the boat coming back and smaking me upside the dock! Of 'course I lost everythng in those items .. plus my pride! :(

Unclewiggley Loc: Winter Haven, FL

Unclewiggley was a rabbit. When I was a youngster my mother use to buy me books of Unclewiggley stories. In fact I still have two of them. Gee!! maybe they are worth thousands and I can buy more photo equiptment.

CanonShot Loc: Lancaster County, PA

Interesting and very funny, gents. BTW, we actually played a board game called Uncle Wiggley in the late 50s. Never knew there were books by the same name.