D850 Dropsies
Sep 10, 2019 06:09:55 #
PhotoDerek
Loc: County Durham, UK.
Rich
Get better soon, every photographers nightmare but pleased the D850 and lens is fine.
Best wishes
Derek.
Get better soon, every photographers nightmare but pleased the D850 and lens is fine.
Best wishes
Derek.
Sep 10, 2019 06:09:55 #
PhotoDerek
Loc: County Durham, UK.
Rich
Get better soon, every photographers nightmare but pleased the D850 and lens is fine.
Best wishes
Derek.
Get better soon, every photographers nightmare but pleased the D850 and lens is fine.
Best wishes
Derek.
Sep 10, 2019 06:58:31 #
Sorry to read that you fell and broke your ribs. The lens hood has saved my kit more than once.
Sep 10, 2019 07:32:22 #
I recommend watching where you're walking first and foremost.
--Bob
--Bob
RichLacey wrote:
I HAVE learned my lesson. You are correct that it was not on a strap. Still, if I had landed on it ...
What do you recommend?
What do you recommend?
Sep 10, 2019 07:36:34 #
Actually, there are quite a number of experiences in which a Nikon has been dropped and it survived with minimal or no damage. A few years ago someone I know was working in a camera store and a Nikon D80 got dropped on the concrete floor. It fell so hard the lens was in two pieces and the pieces were hanging together by the wiring inside the lens. It was removed and another lens attached and the camera worked fine. Very rugged equipment.
Sep 10, 2019 07:39:47 #
Leitz wrote:
First you say the camera survived thanks to the hood, then you extol the camera's durability. Can we assume that you have no clue?
You seem a bit too judgemental for this forum. Just saying - lighten up. Thanks.
Sep 10, 2019 07:51:19 #
I think I'd be far more concerned about the broken ribs - the potential risk of developing a lethal blood clot, or having to cope with constant chest pain for the rest of my life. A camera can easily be replaced.
Sep 10, 2019 08:01:26 #
Excellent result for the camera/lens, but not for you. You will heal, though. As in any fall by anything, it's the landing that matters. Your camera was wise to land on the lens hood. The D850 has an excellent computer. 
Sep 10, 2019 08:06:52 #
The snarkiness makes UHH less enjoyable. Life must be miserable for those around the snarks.
Sep 10, 2019 08:07:17 #
billnikon
Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont
RichLacey wrote:
Well - that which never happens TO ME (lol) did ha... (show quote)
Yet another example WHY you always have your lens hood correctly placed on your lens. Many, many photographers mount them in reverse or do not put them on at all. Congratulations grasshopper, you have chosen well.
Sep 10, 2019 08:28:02 #
I sympathize. Pretty much the same thing happened to me years ago in Germany - stepped off a curb, fell on my side with my D300 smashing onto a cobblestone street. It still has a crack in the plastic outer case, but works flawlessly. I don’t think my much lighter D5200 would have survived.
Sep 10, 2019 08:31:37 #
Sorry about your accident,I hope you heal real soon.I had my D500 on one shoulder with neck strap it slipped off and rolled down 13 steps.The camera survived, the only damage was the lens hood on my 70-300mm lens.Lesson learned 
Sep 10, 2019 08:34:46 #
Darn those sneaky roots! Better ribs than your hips. My cracked ribs from 10 years ago healed fine, though I can still feel them slightly when the weather turns. As for your camera, if you had landed on it you might have injured both if you worse. Thank goodness for a sturdy hood and camera build!
Sep 10, 2019 08:38:44 #
RichLacey wrote:
I HAVE learned my lesson. You are correct that it was not on a strap. Still, if I had landed on it ...
What do you recommend?
What do you recommend?
While a little silly in terms of price, the Nikon AH-4 is very hard to beat - as far as I'm concerned, a perfect wrist strap, especially for the somewhat heavy 850.
Snugged up tight it helps steady the shot, loosens with a quick tug on a pull-tag specifically for the purpose for relaxed carrying. When carrying, your wrist to take most of the weight instead of gripping with your fingers.
Sounds more complicated than it is. Great strap!
Sep 10, 2019 08:43:36 #
The Camera Gods have been kind to you........The Root Gods....not so much....Nada!
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