Dropped camera
Jul 17, 2023 09:28:53 #
cptiger
Loc: Englewood, FL
Gen'l info: While recently vacationing in Amsterdam, I dropped my R5 w/ Battery Grip, and RF 24-105 4L about 3 feet onto a tile floor. After a loud Oh S***!!! I picked it up and turned it on. It worked! Photos turned out okay, but I couldn't believe something didn't get jarred or broken. Back home, sent all to Canon for inspection. EVERYTHING checked out okay! Still can't believe it. Quite a testament to these new cameras!
Jul 17, 2023 09:34:07 #
petercbrandt
Loc: New York City, Manhattan
cptiger wrote:
Gen'l info: While recently vacationing in Amsterdam, I dropped my R5 w/ Battery Grip, and RF 24-105 4L about 3 feet onto a tile floor. After a loud Oh S***!!! I picked it up and turned it on. It worked! Photos turned out okay, but I couldn't believe something didn't get jarred or broken. Back home, sent all to Canon for inspection. EVERYTHING checked out okay! Still can't believe it. Quite a testament to these new cameras!
You are So Lucky ! Be grateful !
Jul 17, 2023 09:46:23 #
Jul 17, 2023 11:48:56 #
cptiger wrote:
Gen'l info: While recently vacationing in Amsterdam, I dropped my R5 w/ Battery Grip, and RF 24-105 4L about 3 feet onto a tile floor. After a loud Oh S***!!! I picked it up and turned it on. It worked! Photos turned out okay, but I couldn't believe something didn't get jarred or broken. Back home, sent all to Canon for inspection. EVERYTHING checked out okay! Still can't believe it. Quite a testament to these new cameras!
Cameras have a strap for a reason.
bwa
Jul 17, 2023 13:12:53 #
Jul 17, 2023 14:49:56 #
Jul 18, 2023 02:04:23 #
Haenzel
Loc: South Holland, The Netherlands
cptiger wrote:
Gen'l info: While recently vacationing in Amsterdam, I dropped my R5 w/ Battery Grip, and RF 24-105 4L about 3 feet onto a tile floor. After a loud Oh S***!!! I picked it up and turned it on. It worked! Photos turned out okay, but I couldn't believe something didn't get jarred or broken. Back home, sent all to Canon for inspection. EVERYTHING checked out okay! Still can't believe it. Quite a testament to these new cameras!
We Dutch are very gentle, so are the tile floors..
That must have been a scary moment!! It never happened to me, thankfully..
Jul 18, 2023 05:57:54 #
cptiger wrote:
Gen'l info: While recently vacationing in Amsterdam, I dropped my R5 w/ Battery Grip, and RF 24-105 4L about 3 feet onto a tile floor. After a loud Oh S***!!! I picked it up and turned it on. It worked! Photos turned out okay, but I couldn't believe something didn't get jarred or broken. Back home, sent all to Canon for inspection. EVERYTHING checked out okay! Still can't believe it. Quite a testament to these new cameras!
Tough camera especially at the very strong lens mount on the body.
Jul 18, 2023 06:47:50 #
petercbrandt wrote:
You are So Lucky ! Be grateful !
For SURE!!Jul 18, 2023 08:01:22 #
I did that in the first few days of my Sony RX100m1. It was powered on, lens deployed, and landed on the front corner of the lens housing on a tile floor with cement slab under it. I was happily surprised when it continued to work flawlessly but quickly ordered a wrist strap and a grip for it. It showed a dent where it landed but worked for years after. Lucky me.
Jul 18, 2023 09:02:37 #
Happy to hear it! You're a lucky person that should immediately run out and buy a lottery ticket
Jul 18, 2023 09:24:29 #
MosheR
Loc: New York City
cptiger wrote:
Gen'l info: While recently vacationing in Amsterdam, I dropped my R5 w/ Battery Grip, and RF 24-105 4L about 3 feet onto a tile floor. After a loud Oh S***!!! I picked it up and turned it on. It worked! Photos turned out okay, but I couldn't believe something didn't get jarred or broken. Back home, sent all to Canon for inspection. EVERYTHING checked out okay! Still can't believe it. Quite a testament to these new cameras!
As it happens, gravity in Amsterdam is only 78% of what it is in Englewood, Florida. So you are lucky that you dropped your camera there, and not at home.
Jul 18, 2023 10:57:46 #
Dikdik
Loc: Winnipeg, Canada
I'm glad things are OK... you may have had some good photos on the camera... although the it's likely the 'card' was undamaged.
Jul 18, 2023 11:00:24 #
cptiger wrote:
Gen'l info: While recently vacationing in Amsterdam, I dropped my R5 w/ Battery Grip, and RF 24-105 4L about 3 feet onto a tile floor. After a loud Oh S***!!! I picked it up and turned it on. It worked! Photos turned out okay, but I couldn't believe something didn't get jarred or broken. Back home, sent all to Canon for inspection. EVERYTHING checked out okay! Still can't believe it. Quite a testament to these new cameras!
Good to know
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Jul 18, 2023 11:48:01 #
cptiger wrote:
Gen'l info: While recently vacationing in Amsterdam, I dropped my R5 w/ Battery Grip, and RF 24-105 4L about 3 feet onto a tile floor. After a loud Oh S***!!! I picked it up and turned it on. It worked! Photos turned out okay, but I couldn't believe something didn't get jarred or broken. Back home, sent all to Canon for inspection. EVERYTHING checked out okay! Still can't believe it. Quite a testament to these new cameras!
Hard to believe you did not have a clear "protective" filter on the lens - that would have saved everything !
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