mikegreenwald Loc: Illinois

Stuff happens.
My camera disaster was to be caught in a vicious hailstorm with high winds, thunder and lightning several miles from my open car, with a Mamiya RB67 and lens. At the time I was more concerned with my survival than that of the camera and lens. At around 12,500 - 13,000 feet where I was walking at the time, the scenery is spectacular.
I sent the camera and lens in for a repair estimate. The reply was the lens was not repairable, and the cost of repairing the camera was very close to the cost of a new camera without lens.
Even the car needed body work. And I learned a lesson about leaving an open car and wearing light cloths in an area known for vicious storms and electrical activity.
The name of the pass is “Electric Pass”, near the Cathedral Peaks about ten or twelve miles from Aspen, Co. My wife and I were there again last week, but at 86 y.o. I’m only able to climb a small part of the way; the base is around 11,000’ as far as I can recall.
FYI, it’s called “Electric Pass”, near Aspen, CO. It is absolutely spectacular if you can get there. In fact, it’s spectacular even if you can’t get there.

Krcouch

I has something similar happen to me when I accidentally bumped into my tripod with the camera on it the tripod went over like a falling tree.the lens hit the ground nose first the focus ring worked fine, the zoom ring did not.I was told by my local camera store it could be return for repairs but there was no guarantee it could be repaired not mention the amount of downtime.it was less expensive to buy a new lens. You should try calling the company to see what they say.

kb6kgx Loc: Simi Valley, CA

That was MY first "real" camera, as well, when I inherited it from my dad because he wanted to go smaller and lighter and bought an FE.

I loved this thing. Manual everything, auto nothing. Needed the battery only to operate the light meter and if you knew what you're doing, you didn't even need THAT! He bought it in the late 60s, early 70s, and the only "repair" it needed was replacing the phonemic head, which was $130 at the time. Wish I still had it. And I WOULD, but my condo was broken into around 1992 or so and they took my camera bag with everything in it.

The Nikon F. Nikon's way of wearing a brick around your neck.

Merlin1300 Loc: New England, But Now & Forever SoTX

Thanks for the warning. I have the Tammy 24-70 lens used infrequently for fine resolution photos.
I will endeavor NOT to bounce it.

Robertl594 Loc: Bloomfield Hills, Michigan and Nantucket

I did too!!

Bridges Loc: Memphis, Charleston SC, now Nazareth PA

Why are you shooting Tamron when you bought a whole crap load of Nikon gear recently?

grandpaw

All the shots I took were with a Nikon 70-200 F2.8 lens. I was taking the Tamron off of my Z6ii so I could put the Nikon lens on it and shoot some video when this happened. I hadn't even used the Tamron at all but was switching lenses to get some video when this happened. I don't have a Nikon 24-70 F2.8. I do have the Nikon 24-70 F4 for the mirrorless but didn't think it would be fast enough for the lighting conditions.

Josephakraig

I have one for my Nikon D850 and it is tac sharp. I have a Nikon 50mm 1.4 that can't touch the sharpness of the Tamron at 50mm. Most of my lenses are Nikon but I do have a couple Tamron's and can't think of anything bad to say about them.

The 24-70 used to be my walk around lens but now I rather like the Nikon 28-300 for walk around duty, it isn't nearly as nice a lens (sharp) as the Tamron 24-70 but it sure does reach out nicely. If I'm doing anything important though the 24-70 goes back on the camera.

Bridges Loc: Memphis, Charleston SC, now Nazareth PA

Be thankful it wasn't the 70-200 Nikon! I was at a show a few years ago and had my 70-200 2.8 in a backpack compartment. I don't know what happened but when I hoisted the backpack on the way up the lens fell out onto a hard cement floor and rolled away. I thought it had ruined the lens. I picked it up and the only noticeable damage was a cracked lens hood. It still worked fine and had no other marks. A few weeks later it got stuck while trying to focus. I manually focused the lens and then it began working fine again. This happened three or four more times but then I knew a slight twist of the focus ring would free it up again. In time it seemed to work fine again. For the time I wasn't trusting that lens, I purchased the 70-200 f4 and really liked the weight and sharpness which I felt was equal to the 2.8. About a year ago I saw a local photographer selling his 70-200 2.8 ver. II and bought that one. I now have what I consider my "light bag" loaded with the f4 version and a 24-85 f3.5-4.5, and I have a "heavy bag" loaded with the 24-70 2.8 and the 70-200 2.8. Sometimes I throw in the 14-24 2.8 in the heavy bag and the 16-35 f4 in the light bag. Whenever I change lenses now, I always check to make sure all zippers are closed all the way! I think the time I had the accident, I zipped the compartment but not all the way. The weight of the heavy lens allowed the zipper to open more making it possible for the lens to tumble out.

grandpaw

I sent my lens off today. I will post an update when I get it back from Tamron repair.

JD750 Loc: SoCal

Interesting.

What conditions or scenes do you use the heavy bag and which for the light bag?

grandpaw

I put the lens in the post office on Wed. 29th and got an estimate of $475 to replace scratched lens and fix the zoom. I am very impressed with how quick they are and the price. I sent them my approval so they could go ahead with the repair.