equipment failure stories (Page 2): Careless 1: 'Dropping a camera in a river while climbing a rock' (Canon AE1) - Still worked Careless 2: 'Camera flew from the passenger front seat...

Rongnongno Loc: FL

rocketride wrote:

Care to elaborate?

Careless 1: 'Dropping a camera in a river while climbing a rock' (Canon AE1)
- Still worked
Careless 2: 'Camera flew from the passenger front seat to the dashboard (RB67)
- $2k in lens and camera repair
The worst: 'Not realizing that the film was not advancing (RB67 220 back)'
- Saved the day by saying nothing and reproducing the shots close up so no one could see WHERE these had been taken. I am still not sure how I pulled that one off to be honest.

Dlevon Loc: New Jersey

eric-taylor wrote:

I am photographing at a Rally (offroad motorsport)... (show quote)

Never had an equipment failure with my old mechanical cameras in all my years of shooting. That's at least 20 cameras of varying brands. Be assured I enjoy the digital world.

rocketride Loc: Upstate NY

Rongnongno wrote:

Careless 1: 'Dropping a camera in a river while climbing a rock' (Canon AE1)
- Still worked
Careless 2: 'Camera flew from the passenger front seat to the dashboard (RB67)
- $2k in lens and camera repair
The worst: 'Not realizing that the film was not advancing (RB67 220 back)'
- Saved the day by saying nothing and reproducing the shots close up so no one could see WHERE these had been taken. I am still not sure how I pulled that one off to be honest.

I've had a couple of 'film didn't advance' incidents, and one body/lens drop-- OM-1 with 50mm f/1.8 down a carpeted staircase onto a concrete floor. (Thump, thump, thump, thump, clack!) The filter shattered and the shutter adjustment ring (around the lens mount as on most film Olympi) wouldn't turn. I was two weeks from a trip to England, and the expected repair turnaround time was about that so I bought an OM-1N. The shop had the camera back in 8 days. So I had two cameras for the trip-- which was nice.

Darkroom317 Loc: Mishawaka, IN

Rongnongno wrote:

Careless 1: 'Dropping a camera in a river while climbing a rock' (Canon AE1)
- Still worked
Careless 2: 'Camera flew from the passenger front seat to the dashboard (RB67)
- $2k in lens and camera repair
The worst: 'Not realizing that the film was not advancing (RB67 220 back)'
- Saved the day by saying nothing and reproducing the shots close up so no one could see WHERE these had been taken. I am still not sure how I pulled that one off to be honest.

My RB67 went into a river. Cracked filter on the lenses and a broken waist level viewer. I let it dry out and sent it to a local camera shop. They kept is so long, a couple of months that they resealed it and cleaned it and didn't charge me.

Rongnongno Loc: FL

Darkroom317 wrote:

My RB67 went into a river. Cracked filter on the lenses and a broken waist level viewer. I let it dry out and sent it to a local camera shop. They kept is so long, a couple of months that they resealed it and cleaned it and didn't charge me.

Lucky you. At the time I did not have much $$$ so 2k made me poor for two months!!! (incident took place in 1978 so... today $$$?)

Let's just say I was really pleased with myself!
:hunf: :hunf: :hunf:

Paaflyer Loc: Kansas City, MO

I had just arrived at the Grand Canyon and was looking forward to a day of shooting. Shot a few and was looking at my initial results. They were horrible. The exposure was totally messed up. I used much stonger language at that moment. Got back in my car and went through every camera setting. No solution. Double checked everything same results. Took my main lens, an 18-200vr off, and installed my other lens, a wide angle 12-24. Perfect exposure. Examined my main lens more closely, and found the aperture tab at the base was loose, the return spring had broken so it was not doing what it should. Shot everything with the wide able for the remainder of the trip. Turned out to be one if the best things ever. I was forced to use the WA lens and obtained some fantastic photos. Wide angle was great. Try it yourself in your next trip.

boberic Loc: Quiet Corner, Connecticut. Ex long Islander

The only equipment failure i have ever had is my inability to use the equipment properly (thanks God for delete)

Paaflyer Loc: Kansas City, MO

[quote=Paaflyer]I had just arrived at the Grand Canyon and was looking forward to a day of shooting. Shot a few and was looking at my initial results. They were horrible. The exposure was totally messed up. I used much stonger language at that moment. Got back in my car and went through every camera setting. No solution. Double checked everything same results. Took my main lens, an 18-200vr off, and installed my other lens, a wide angle 12-24. Perfect exposure. Examined my main lens more closely, and found the aperture tab at the base was loose, the return spring had broken so it was not doing what it should. Shot everything with the wide able for the remainder of the trip. Turned out to be one if the best things ever. I was forced to use the WA lens and obtained some fantastic photos. Wide angle was great. Try it yourself in your next trip.[/quote

PS. Was really glad I had another lens along. Always carry at least two. You never know.

John_F Loc: Minneapolis, MN

billnikon wrote:

Once upon a very humid wedding day I lost two flash units to shorts, my third and forth back up flashes continued to work. Fortunately the battery packs failed and I rebuilt them the following week.

How did the two manage to fall into your shorts. Hee hee.

OddJobber Loc: Portland, OR

No equipment failures here. I use Nikons. :XD:
(Someone had to say it.)

Cdouthitt Loc: Traverse City, MI

What about photographer failure stories? Do those count?

Jakebrake Loc: Broomfield, Colorado

SharpShooter wrote:

Knock, knock, knock on wood....,.but not yet!! :lol:
SS

Me neither...

Jakebrake Loc: Broomfield, Colorado

Cdouthitt wrote:

What about photographer failure stories? Do those count?

I have had about a million of them. Thank goodness for DSLR!

coj Loc: NJ, USA

OddJobber wrote:

No equipment failures here. I use Nikons. :XD:
(Someone had to say it.)

Gotta love it.

coj Loc: NJ, USA

Cdouthitt wrote:

What about photographer failure stories? Do those count?

There are no photographer failures. It's always the camera's fault.