lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA

I've been doing that for some years since I have 3 bodies I might use. More so, so I don't get dust on the sensors. I'll change in the car over the camera bags or while seated. As of late I often carry a 16-50mm f/2.8 Zoom Lens; a 35mm or 50mm or 100mm Macro Lens; and either a 18-200mm Zoom or a 100-300mm Lens Zoom each on a different body. Not sure if my thinking is right, but I'll usually put the Macro on the 24MP camera, the 16-50mm on the 16MP, and the 100-300mm on the 14MP.

Glad you saved your lens.

lamiaceae Loc: San Luis Obispo County, CA

It sometimes seems like it at times.

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

My accidents have all my involved water - I have ruined three cameras by getting them wet.

Tony Groenink

Another Lesson Learnt - Never leave your camera bag open(unzipped)
I did ONCE ONLY when i left it on the dining room table after rushing out to take a pic.
My wife walked in and romoved the bag off the table and BOOM my nikon 70.-300 lens fell out omto the tiled floor and no more focusing. Fortunatly we have a camera repair shop in Durban RSA call Camera Clinic (Been around since before i bought my Minolta SRT 101) we repaired it at a cost of R3500. Expensive Leasson Learnt

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

Oh yes - I had forgotten about the lens I gave to the local squirrels. It started also with an unzipped camera bag; after I tripped over a root, I watched a lens roll slowly over the edge and deep into a ravine.

mizzee Loc: Boston,Ma

I was rushing to capture a sunset through the Tobin/Mystic bridge in East Boston. Fell in a pothole, my Canon elf went flying. I broke my left ankle and my right foot. Dings on the camera but it still worked!

Robertl594 Loc: Bloomfield Hills, Michigan and Nantucket

Unfortunately, I have two stories.
First one: I was shooting a swim meet at my club. I was next to the pool. Second camera hung off of my shoulder. I hear a loud thud and then a splash. My Nikon 300mm f/2.8 AFS VR fell off of my camera, bounced off of the concrete deck and landed in the pool. I watched the lens disappear into the depths of the corrosive chlorine water. The crowd went silent!

Second one: I was shooting a sunset from. Third floor balcony and my 24-70 f2.8 fell off my camera and plunged into a 2’ Man made ravine. Lens was destroyed but more importantly, no one was below. That would have been a real problem. Sometimes F mounts do fail.

Both times, my insurance covered the costs of new lenses without question.

gmango85

I was taking pictures off the Kanc and could not navigate my way back to the parking area. A kind soul carried my gear up the rocks lecturing me about the benefits of hip replacement as I reached the paved area my 5D iv with 70-200 2.8L hit the gravel. Luckily I only scratched the polarizer ($200) and not the front optic. The man was a good Samaritan and I know God will reward him. Still haven't replaced hip and have not taken any pictures since. Bummer.

brooklyn-camera I Loc: Brooklyn, NY

I shoot semi pro football in Brooklyn for the Seminoles. While shooting from the sidelines I was following some action which took the players out of bounds and to my left about 15-20 feet to my left. While looking through the viewfinder following the out of bounds play to my left and was knocked over by some player who was out of the action and coming from my right side. I was using a 7DMKII and a Sigma 70-200 f/2.8 which was snapped of the camera in two pieces. I was OK and they players got me up in about 2-3 seconds.
Good thing that I carry insurance from State Farm Property Protection insurance. I sent them photos of the broken lens and they reimbursed me for the entire amount for a new replacement lens.
My age is 73 and I refuse to grow up.

Robertl594 Loc: Bloomfield Hills, Michigan and Nantucket

Insurance can be a good thing. Just stay out of the big guys way!

utahpete

Back in the day, We returned from a camping trip with another couple. Our friend was helping unpack the trunk, and my new EOS 630 with a 75-30mm zoom flipped out onto the gravel driveway. Good thing it was gravel, not concrete. The camera sustained a ding on the bottom plate, and the lens was undamaged.

stu352 Loc: MA/RI Border

My friend gave me a ride in his race car from the paddock to the pre-grid. As I went to get out, I saw another friend pulling into his spot a couple slots away. I didn't have my full Canon DSLR kit with me, no real photo objectives at this race. But I had my little Canon G9x in my pants pocket.

Being a race car, the passenger door no longer opens. So I was stepping out over the door, looking at the other car, and started to lean out before my foot touched the blacktop... Crash! My right elbow and right knee took the brunt of it, a bit bloodied but not dripping blood. I washed them off with my water bottle. I was glad I had the G9x because if I ever did that fall with the DSLR it would have been really expensive. Glad my G9x was safe in my pocket... WRONG! I apparently landed partly on it. The LCD screen was cracked and only partly illuminated. The two little doors that cover the lens would not fully open. Canon said it was beyond help.

I have a G9x Mk 2 now...

jefflane

I recently had my several year old Think Tank Digital Holster fall off of the belt/harness and my Nikon D850 with 80-400 lens hit the ground in the room. Luckily, it seemed to only have damaged the lens hood which is easily replaceable. Think tank was sympathetic and sent me a new one within a day of receiving the old one. Apparently, they don't last forever and the velcro wears out over time. Makes sense in retrospect, but....

brooklyn-camera I Loc: Brooklyn, NY

SuperflyTNT Loc: Manassas VA

I was visiting my brother in Oregon and we were hiking in the Cascades, Triangulation Peak. We reached the top and had great views of surrounding mountains, especially Mt. Jefferson. I went to change position to get a better angle and my foot slid In some loose rocks and I went down hard on top of my D7000 with the 18-200 lens. I didn’t have the lens hood because I had just lost it in Seattle so I had put a UV filter on. The camera got a little scuffed up and the bracket button, which seemed to take the brunt no longer worked, (I never used it anyway), but other than that it was ok. The lens still focused ok, but the filter cracked and the filter ring slightly deformed so I couldn’t remove it. I ended up removing all the glass from the filter and continued using it until I got home and was able to get the filter off. Luckily the lens itself was fine and it still took filters. I still have the lens. As for the camera, it’s back in Oregon. I hadn’t used it in ages and now have a D7200, D500 and a Panasonic Lumix G9, so I sent it to my brother to replace the D40 I gave him a few years ago, (and with he’s still using)