What material is the D800 made of? Dropped my D800 off my kitchen counter onto my tile floor. I had a 24-120 lens on it at the time. Shattered my 77mm Breakthrough Tech. UV filter. I...

lghicks

Dropped my D800 off my kitchen counter onto my tile floor. I had a 24-120 lens on it at the time. Shattered my 77mm Breakthrough Tech. UV filter. I can find "no" damage to the camera or lens. Does anybody know what material the camera body is made of?

akamerica

Don't know about the material however recommend an All Risk insurance policy on your photo gear. Not really expensive and they pay for damage due to drops, accidents, etc. Have my policy with USAA that bought me a new D90 when mine rolled out the back of my SUV tail gate to the driveway. $1,800 to repair - they sent $1,900 for a new camera.

rdubreuil Loc: Dummer, NH USA

lghicks wrote:

Dropped my D800 off my kitchen counter onto my tile floor. I had a 24-120 lens on it at the time. Shattered my 77mm Breakthrough Tech. UV filter. I can find "no" damage to the camera or lens. Does anybody know what material the camera body is made of?

It has a magnesium alloy body, screen capture from D800 brochure.

lghicks

rdubreuil wrote:

It has a magnesium alloy body, screen capture from D800 brochure.

Thank you, I was really suprised that there was zero damage!

rdubreuil Loc: Dummer, NH USA

lghicks wrote:

Thank you, I was really suprised that there was zero damage!

Have you shot any images with the lens since the drop? Are they as good as before the drop?

mrpentaxk5ii

Use the camera for a day or two before you say nothing happened, it's whats going on inside that counts.

BebuLamar

I saw a thread posted at Nikonians.org quite sometime ago. The fellow had a D800 that had problem with accurate AF and sent it to Nikon. Nikon said it's beyond repair due to a small internal crack of the casting. Magnesium alloy doesn't dent it cracks.

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

Our daughter ruined a camera roughly a dozen years ago when she was a college student. We eventually figured out the problem was that she carried it in her book-bag, and like most students she dropped it off her shoulder multiple times per day. Shock is an enemy of modern electronics.

speters Loc: Grangeville/Idaho

lghicks wrote:

Dropped my D800 off my kitchen counter onto my tile floor. I had a 24-120 lens on it at the time. Shattered my 77mm Breakthrough Tech. UV filter. I can find "no" damage to the camera or lens. Does anybody know what material the camera body is made of?

Just check your spec sheet and you know!

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

lghicks wrote:

Dropped my D800 off my kitchen counter onto my tile floor. I had a 24-120 lens on it at the time. Shattered my 77mm Breakthrough Tech. UV filter. I can find "no" damage to the camera or lens. Does anybody know what material the camera body is made of?

Just like with people, there could be internal damage.

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

The one I have is a purpose built D800e. It's specially designed to take more than the usual amount of abuse during usage. Its frame is made of unobtainium. It's infinitely light and infinitely strong at the same time. Many of the internal components are mounted using a shock absorbing fastening system. I'm still very careful with it.
--Bob

lghicks wrote:

Dropped my D800 off my kitchen counter onto my tile floor. I had a 24-120 lens on it at the time. Shattered my 77mm Breakthrough Tech. UV filter. I can find "no" damage to the camera or lens. Does anybody know what material the camera body is made of?

RickM1950 Loc: Davenport, IA

Bob, I see your camera has magical properties! Musta been 💰💰💰!

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

Not really. Bought it from B and H sold as used but 9+ rating.
--Bob

RickM1950 wrote:

Bob, I see your camera has magical properties! Musta been 💰💰💰!

bighammer

Just going by their price, I'd have to guess it's made from unobtainium.

mwsilvers Loc: Central New Jersey

lghicks wrote:

Thank you, I was really suprised that there was zero damage!

Chances are your kitchen floor is a sprung floor and absorbed much of the impact. You probably would have been less lucky if it dropped onto concrete.