robertwilson Loc: Central Utah

I had my Nikon D850 drop from on top of refrigerator to tile floor onto the front of the lens (witch took some damage and is in for repair) but the camera works great with all my other lenses I feel so lucky. Never put your camera on top of the refrigerator.

larryepage Loc: North Texas area

Damage from a dropped camera does not always appear immediately. Several years ago, I was photographing a robotics contest. A child knocked my D500 off the gym bleacher, and it fell about 20 inches to a concrete floor. It continued to work fine, and I finished photographing the match.

About two weeks later, I noticed that my SB-400 flash was behaving strangely on that camera. There was a long delay between the pre-flash and the actual exposure, which turned out perfectly. The flash worked perfectly on other cameras, but eventually quit working completely on the one that had taken the fall.

So...i sent the camera to NikonUSA service. Repair required replacement of both the main circuit board and the flash control board. That in turn required replacing a couple of interconnecting cables.

My point is that a camera that has suffered a drop or fall bears close watching afterward. In the case of the D850, I would check things like the masks in the viewfinder that appear when you select non-full frame shooting formats. Do all your focus points still appear? Do all the lights still work? Does your metering system still work correctly (the AI enciding mechanism is very fragile)?

These things (and others) may or may not matter to you, but they could be very important to a potential buyer down the road.

CKAlbion Loc: Mendocino, CA

Canons are tough. I tripped and fell on my 7D with its 100-400. Everything was fine. My R5 decided to leap from its camera bag onto a tile floor in Iceland with its 100-500 lens. No problems. I just need to work on paying attention to where I step.

Urnst Loc: Brownsville, Texas

Urnst Loc: Brownsville, Texas

I thought it was more like 80% in Amsterdam relative to Florida.

MosheR Loc: New York City

Close enough.

PAR4DCR Loc: A Sunny Place

You dodged a bullet!

Don

Urnst Loc: Brownsville, Texas

I guess so sir!

jackpinoh Loc: Kettering, OH 45419

You dodged a bullet. Make sure the lens mount isn't bent on the lens. That is the weak spot and even a tiny bend angle will make part of your images out of focus.

hugEDhog Loc: Bear, Delaware

Wish my EOS R and RF lenses do the same.

Flyerace Loc: Mt Pleasant, WI

My very first "real" camera was a Nikon FTN (film). I bought it in 1971.

I visited Marble House in Newport, RI. It wasn't real busy that day. I was standing to the side at the top of the magnificent marble stairs flowing to the first floor. I was imagining wearing a magnificent gown and making my appearance. In reality, some horrible person slammed into me and the camera went flying. It hit every stair and ended up at the bottom of the stairs. My brain exploded because it took me forever to save for that camera and I was sure it was ruined.

When reality stepped in, I went to the bottom of the staircase and retrieved my camera. Much to my surprise, only the lens hood had a little chip in it. The camera otherwise had no apparent damage. In the end, all the photos came out great. I still have the camera and there is nothing wrong with it. All metal construction was stronger than marble.

Now, I always have the cameras attached to me via an uncuttable camera strap. This incident lead me to be loyal to Nikon all these years.

cptiger Loc: Englewood, FL

Well bwana, when one is in a 2 x 3 stall and nature calls, one must take the straps off!!! I cannot believe one would think a photographer would go without a strap, in my case 2!