Camera Fatalities
Jan 2, 2012 11:38:27 #
I was teaching a photo class. We left the building for outdoor shooting, I, with my Nikon D200 slung over my shoulder. It slipped and dropped to a concrete sidewalk. The camera survived but my 24-70mm f/2.8 lens physically broke in half. I still had to finish the class.
Jan 2, 2012 11:41:25 #
Turbo wrote:
About 5 yrs ago I took the boat ride "under" Niagara falls.
The water mist was thick and the wind was strong. I took a few pics with my trusted Minolta A200. Then the camera simply quit and never took a pic again. Somehow, the water got in and fried the circuitry.
The water mist was thick and the wind was strong. I took a few pics with my trusted Minolta A200. Then the camera simply quit and never took a pic again. Somehow, the water got in and fried the circuitry.
Yup, I did that with a K-1000. Camera survived, but the lens got seriously fogged internally. If I do it again, it will be with a cheapy, probably disposable, waterproof point and shoot.
Jan 2, 2012 11:47:57 #
Mine (and I'm sure many peoples") first digital slr, a Canon 300d. The FIRST day of usage, out on a boat. No, it had no contact with water. In my haste to remove and replace the Compact Flash card, I replaced it sideways, which bends the pins. Thought my brand new pride and joy was ruined. Spent 2 hours trying to unbend the pins, but each time a pin would get straightened, the pin next to it would get bent-and on and on trying to straighten the pins. At last was successful, replace the CF card and never removed it again. A quick internet search revealed I was not alone.
Jan 2, 2012 12:00:32 #
Loaned my camera to my teenage son to take pictures at the beach...need I say more?
Jan 2, 2012 12:45:51 #
When I was eight or nine my Dad gave me my first camera. A genuine Brownie Hawkeye. I took pictures with that thing until my Dad said to take it easy because developing the film cost too much.
I lived in a tiny, tiny town in North Dakota where they had the 'Hello', 'Goodbye' sign on the same post. So everyone knew everyone.
Our neighbor had a German Shepard that didn't like people. I was taking pictures of him and he charged, all I saw was teeth. I threw the camera at him and he chewed it up. I ran home.
My Dad didn't have to pay for any more film developing for a while.
I lived in a tiny, tiny town in North Dakota where they had the 'Hello', 'Goodbye' sign on the same post. So everyone knew everyone.
Our neighbor had a German Shepard that didn't like people. I was taking pictures of him and he charged, all I saw was teeth. I threw the camera at him and he chewed it up. I ran home.
My Dad didn't have to pay for any more film developing for a while.
Jan 2, 2012 13:00:27 #
Too funny guys..
MT Shooter wrote:
With a name like UncleWiggley I just had to question the authenticity of the comment is all! LOL
Unclewiggley wrote:
Sorry!,I guess I should re-read my post before sending -LOL Guess I haven't trained my keyboard to well.
With a name like UncleWiggley I just had to question the authenticity of the comment is all! LOL
Jan 2, 2012 13:08:19 #
I knew this might be fun, but I had no idea.. Dogs, horses, plane crashes, wow.. I imagine when you don't leave the house without it stuff is bound to happen sometimes.. I really liked "Dad, the dog ate the camera" LOL Sounds like something I told my teacher..
Jan 2, 2012 14:16:08 #
In 2002, my husband was launching a boat with a brand new Ford Explorer and my camera bag with my K1000 and everything else in it. The brand new Explorer sunk and so did the very old K1000. Must have been a slippery day because a half hour before that, a truck sunk in while launching as well.
Jan 2, 2012 14:17:18 #
My camera goes every where I go except to bed (My wife draws the line there) A little over a month ago as I was getting out of my van, I swung my camera bag over the steering wheel and then I heard a crunch. I looked five feet away from me and there was my D300S and my Nikkor 27-70mm f/2.8 lens. The only damage to my camera was a little scrach next to the battery door, but the lens broke in half and was in 6 pieces. I sent the lens to Enfield CT for repair. I now strap my camera in and check the bag closed. I have been shooting for more than 45 years and own more than 150 cameras and this is the first time I damaged one
Jan 2, 2012 14:29:49 #
kamoopsipooh wrote:
In 2002, my husband was launching a boat with a brand new Ford Explorer and my camera bag with my K1000 and everything else in it. The brand new Explorer sunk and so did the very old K1000. Must have been a slippery day because a half hour before that, a truck sunk in while launching as well.
My brother did almost the same thing. Launched his boat and tied it to the dock. Left to park his truck and had lunch. When they came for the boat it was gone. He had forgotten to install his transom plugs. His camera bag was floating a couple hondred yards out, after retrieving it and drying out his Canon F1 it worked for 2 days, but then quit completely. His lenses? They were all FULL of water and totally useless after that. He sent one in to have it repaired as it was a very expensivce lens and they called him and said it would cost more than a new one so he threw them all out and bought a Nikon F4S just like mine. He left that on an airplane in 2002 and has never seen it since! Now he uses a P&S.....can't figure out why??
Jan 2, 2012 14:39:15 #
Jan 2, 2012 15:16:24 #
RMM's story hit close to home with me too being an avid paddler.. Done the splits on the dock getting into my canoe a time or two but always had my gear in the dry bag.. Swamped it more than once as well, again the dry bags saved my gear..
bhfranklin wrote:
quote=edh Was reading one of the threads here and... (show quote)
Jan 2, 2012 15:36:48 #
DblArrow
Loc: Kila, Montana
Took my K100 into the canoe, couple yrs back, big wave covered me and the K100, the top lcd turned funny colors, gave it a few days and still works as good as ever - considering I dropped it and a 70-300 on the lens and bent the mounts on both the body and the camera - both more expensive to repair than to replace so I took the mounts off and flattened them out and they both work great.
Then the K20 was sitting on a collapsed tripod on a small table, it got tipped over and landed on the control dial. Cracked the outer case and the manual setting only works when placed between the TAV and M settings; but what I do miss on that one is the multi-bracket button not working - again cost more to repair than replace.
Then the K20 was sitting on a collapsed tripod on a small table, it got tipped over and landed on the control dial. Cracked the outer case and the manual setting only works when placed between the TAV and M settings; but what I do miss on that one is the multi-bracket button not working - again cost more to repair than replace.
Jan 2, 2012 16:42:41 #
MT Shooter wrote:
quote=kamoopsipooh In 2002, my husband was launch... (show quote)
LOL! There are quite a few boat stories here. I couldn't get any of my lenses fixed as this was saltwater. The photography stuff was so minute compared to the Explorer. He said the electricity was going off on the dash board. I'm just glad I wasn't there and just received a phone call.
Got a decent digital P&S after that, but in 2008, it dropped one time too many. I just got a 60D last September. The strap to my bag broke and fell, but the camera still works. It's one of those Vaultz cases. I used the velcro separators from other bags to give the camera some support and it worked. Now I constantly double check and make sure the camera is secure.
I've owned and lost quite a few cameras, but to this day, the Explorer and K1000 was the most devastating.
Jan 2, 2012 17:18:35 #
rjriggins11
Loc: Colorado Springs, CO
I'm a camera technician and have seen about 20,000 repairs over the last 20 years. They've come in because they fell out of a plane, a hehicopter, got sat on by an elephant and more than once because they went swimming. I've seen them come in full of sand, full of ants, full of cockroaches and covered in Bikini Wax (don't ask). If there's a way some people can destroy something, someone will find it.
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