Rugged camera question.
May 3, 2022 10:37:19 #
gvarner
Loc: Central Oregon Coast
A few years ago I stepped off of a park bench, my right leg collapsed and I fell backwards. Landed on my back on my D7200 and 18-200 Nikon zoom. No damage to camera or lens but my back was sore for months. Can I do that with a mirrorless?
May 3, 2022 10:39:29 #
StanMac
Loc: Tennessee
I would suggest that your back probably would fare a lot worse the second time around.
Stan
Stan
May 3, 2022 10:48:08 #
Save the camera and sacrifice the back because the should heal eventually? I’d probably do the same, which means both our priorities are skewed in the wrong direction.
May 3, 2022 10:54:22 #
StanMac wrote:
I would suggest that your back probably would fare a lot worse the second time around.
Stan
Stan
I think you are correct.
Dennis
May 3, 2022 10:56:06 #
gvarner wrote:
A few years ago I stepped off of a park bench, my right leg collapsed and I fell backwards. Landed on my back on my D7200 and 18-200 Nikon zoom. No damage to camera or lens but my back was sore for months. Can I do that with a mirrorless?
I think you would be able to do the same no matter what you were carrying. Hopefully you back will hold out for another couple of falls.
Dennis
May 3, 2022 11:08:39 #
May 3, 2022 11:12:59 #
May 3, 2022 11:39:13 #
gvarner wrote:
A few years ago I stepped off of a park bench, my right leg collapsed and I fell backward. Landed on my back on my D7200 and 18-200 Nikon zoom. No damage to the camera or lens but my back was sore for months. Can I do that with a mirrorless?
Yes, your back would still be sore! A mirrorless camera with a like lens of a similar size would cause an equal amount of soreness. Did you find out why your right leg collapsed? What is your age and general condition? Perhaps you had a minor potassium deficiency as I did a number of years ago and both legs collapsed. The diagnosis was a potassium deficiency. Spent time in an ER getting a potassium IV drip. One loses control of the extremities and/or develops some muscular discomfort and maybe some cardiac issues. Or were you just clumsy?
Be well! Ed
May 3, 2022 11:49:48 #
wdross
Loc: Castle Rock, Colorado
gvarner wrote:
A few years ago I stepped off of a park bench, my right leg collapsed and I fell backwards. Landed on my back on my D7200 and 18-200 Nikon zoom. No damage to camera or lens but my back was sore for months. Can I do that with a mirrorless?
Is your D7200 and lens dustproof / weatherproof? If not, it probably is not as rugged as the newer cameras. Most new cameras and lenses are coming out as dustproof / weatherproof. A few years ago I fell with my lens hitting the ground. My lenshood took almost all the blow. But I could not remove my polarizer until I got back to ship and used some of their more specialized equipment to get it off. In Mikonos, I was the only one from the ship shooting in the rain and wet down to my socks and underwear - no rain gear for the camera (or needed for the camera). If dropped 10 feet will it still work? Seriously doubt it! I don't know what your definition is for rugged. But if I can shoot in the wind, snow, and rain and fall with my camera hitting and still shoot, it is rugged enough for me.
May 3, 2022 12:01:04 #
Hip Coyote wrote:
You have a survey sample of one. Who knows. Can you duplicate the incident exactly?
May 3, 2022 12:02:55 #
gvarner wrote:
A few years ago I stepped off of a park bench, my right leg collapsed and I fell backwards. Landed on my back on my D7200 and 18-200 Nikon zoom. No damage to camera or lens but my back was sore for months. Can I do that with a mirrorless?
Why would you want to?
May 3, 2022 12:11:33 #
gvarner wrote:
A few years ago I stepped off of a park bench, my right leg collapsed and I fell backwards. Landed on my back on my D7200 and 18-200 Nikon zoom. No damage to camera or lens but my back was sore for months. Can I do that with a mirrorless?
There are those who assert that mirrorless is so light as it can defy gravity and you would not fall in the first place. But only after the latest firmware update.
May 3, 2022 14:22:13 #
May 4, 2022 07:33:41 #
billnikon
Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont
gvarner wrote:
A few years ago I stepped off of a park bench, my right leg collapsed and I fell backwards. Landed on my back on my D7200 and 18-200 Nikon zoom. No damage to camera or lens but my back was sore for months. Can I do that with a mirrorless?
I would not recommend falling backward with any camera.
May 4, 2022 08:02:58 #
gvarner wrote:
A few years ago I stepped off of a park bench, my right leg collapsed and I fell backwards. Landed on my back on my D7200 and 18-200 Nikon zoom. No damage to camera or lens but my back was sore for months. Can I do that with a mirrorless?
While my Z7 is smaller and doesn’t feel as “substantial” as my old D500 the build quality is on par and has even better weathersealing. Same with my Olympus OM-1.
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