camerapapi Loc: Miami, Fl.

Well, make sure that you and your camera are OK for the trip.

wdross Loc: Castle Rock, Colorado

Mike's Camera is a very reputable company in Colorado. Since they are one of the few camera retailers to have expanded their business in the last ten years (added the California stores), I believe they have kept the same business sense in California.

dennis2146 Loc: Eastern Idaho

If your camera fell on top of you it is hard for me to see how it sustained any damage. Is it scratched or dented in any way? Does it still work just fine with no problems you can see? If all seems to be fine then I see no problem to take it anywhere at all. Somebody at Mike's Camera will look at the camera, ask you the same questions, click the shutter a few times and will declare all is well. Trust me that the person at Mike's has no more experience at clicking a shutter than you do. If the camera works then it works.

Dennis

dennis2146 Loc: Eastern Idaho

Dennis

akadeadhead

You didn't mention the camera brand (or I didn't read the post carefully enough), but if it is a Nikon, you might consider California Precision on 28th Street in Sacramento (http://www.camrepair.com/). They have done a lot of work for me and I can recommend them. You can call or email them if you are using non-Nikon gear.

Alafoto Loc: Montgomery, AL

Re: drop from greater height...In 1988 I was on the roof of a small downtown hotel to make photos of the Air Force Thunderbirds as they performed an exhibition at one of our local AFB's. I was using a Nikon FE2 with MD-12 (I think) and a Sigma 80-200 f/2.8 Lens. I tripped, the camera and I fell through a skylight, and into the hotel lobby six floors below. Broke my neck in two places, my arm in five places, my wrist, collapsed a lung, and re-arranged several internal organs. After 14 weeks in the hospital and several operations I was pronounced well enough to be transferred to the local rehabilitation hospital where I spent another five weeks learning to walk and to use my left arm again.

A couple of weeks later my wife took the camera and lens to the local camera store (alas, now defunct) and their repairman replaced the three sheared off screws in the lens mount and both camera and lens worked fine. The lens hood, as you might imagine, was trashed. Since I was not able to use my left had for focusing,a switch to autofocus seemed in order so I later traded all my Nikon gear to the same store for an EOS 630 which was newly on the market then, and a couple of lenses.

I suppose this could be construed as testimony to the durability of Nikon and Sigma products. At least their products of that time. I don't presently own current products from either manufacturer.

worldcycle Loc: Stateline, Nevada

If you are in or close to Sacramento (or anywhere else for that matter), California Precision Service in Sacramento is in my opinion the only place to get your camera serviced. I no longer send my camera to them because they no longer service Canon cameras. (They lost their tech and until they find a quality tech to replace him, no more) Fast turn around, reasonable pricing, authorized service center if you need warranty work. Grey market? You pay, they fix it. Check them out at http://www.camrepair.com/

junglejim1949 Loc: Sacramento,CA

Thanks for the reference. I have Canon 80D.

Berkboy

Press photographer, Berkeley, Ca: I always check for safety when positioning, and I've been in many dangerous situations.

CatMarley Loc: North Carolina

Try it out and see if it works the same. My Fuji survived two falls, - one on the kitchen floor and one outdoors on concrete. Works just fine.

junglejim1949 Loc: Sacramento,CA

I like the positive thought!

junglejim1949 Loc: Sacramento,CA

Wow, you are lucky to be alive. You are far more durable than your equipment.