I am photographing at a Rally (offroad motorsport) which is a 3 day event. It's hot and unbelievably dusty, but a blast to shoot. On the last day I find sweet spot on the course where I figure that some of the cars might be doing some high speed four wheel drifting. So I setup myself on the inside of the bend. The course goes hot and I am catching some great shots on this corner. I am shooting on burst mode as one of the cars blasts through. Click, click, click then suddenly crunch, crunch and the view finder goes black. After the dust settles I pop the lens off and my worst fear is realized when the mirror tumbles out of the camera body on to the ground. Thank goodness I kept my old canon rebel in my kit. As I still had the rest of the days stages to photograph and more importantly the awards ceremony. Always carry a back up!
Anyone else have any stories of catastrophic equipment failure?
Knock, knock, knock on wood....,.but not yet!! :lol:
SS
I'm curious.....what kind of camera was it that the mirror fell out of?
eric-taylor wrote:
.../... Anyone else have any stories of catastrophic equipment failure?
Yup, behind the camera!!!
Gitzo wrote:
I'm curious.....what kind of camera was it that the mirror fell out of?
I'm curious too, and how many actuation?
In 1985 my wife and I were on a cruise. The first night out my brand new Canon T70 died. Luckily I had my old Canon AE-1 as a back-up. I still have that AE-1. I don't use it. It's in my collection of 35mm SLR's.
Camera was a 5D mark 1 apparently they had a recall I wasnt aware about. When I got back home I contacted Canon, and they took care of it free of charge.
eric-taylor wrote:
I am photographing at a Rally (offroad motorsport) which is a 3 day event. It's hot and unbelievably dusty, but a blast to shoot. On the last day I find sweet spot on the course where I figure that some of the cars might be doing some high speed four wheel drifting. So I setup myself on the inside of the bend. The course goes hot and I am catching some great shots on this corner. I am shooting on burst mode as one of the cars blasts through. Click, click, click then suddenly crunch, crunch and the view finder goes black. After the dust settles I pop the lens off and my worst fear is realized when the mirror tumbles out of the camera body on to the ground. Thank goodness I kept my old canon rebel in my kit. As I still had the rest of the days stages to photograph and more importantly the awards ceremony. Always carry a back up!
Anyone else have any stories of catastrophic equipment failure?
I am photographing at a Rally (offroad motorsport)... (
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It's your own fault! You had that poor camera on a tripod, unable to move, as cars came flying past it, kicking up dust and dirt. It's tiny microphones picked up the loud noises, and it's delicate optics detected every bit of dust that was attacking it. If your camera were a person, the diagnosis would have been - nervous breakdown. Shame on you! :D
billnikon
Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont
eric-taylor wrote:
I am photographing at a Rally (offroad motorsport) which is a 3 day event. It's hot and unbelievably dusty, but a blast to shoot. On the last day I find sweet spot on the course where I figure that some of the cars might be doing some high speed four wheel drifting. So I setup myself on the inside of the bend. The course goes hot and I am catching some great shots on this corner. I am shooting on burst mode as one of the cars blasts through. Click, click, click then suddenly crunch, crunch and the view finder goes black. After the dust settles I pop the lens off and my worst fear is realized when the mirror tumbles out of the camera body on to the ground. Thank goodness I kept my old canon rebel in my kit. As I still had the rest of the days stages to photograph and more importantly the awards ceremony. Always carry a back up!
Anyone else have any stories of catastrophic equipment failure?
I am photographing at a Rally (offroad motorsport)... (
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Once upon a very humid wedding day I lost two flash units to shorts, my third and forth back up flashes continued to work. Fortunately the battery packs failed and I rebuilt them the following week.
boberic
Loc: Quiet Corner, Connecticut. Ex long Islander
billnikon wrote:
Once upon a very humid wedding day I lost two flash units to shorts, my third and forth back up flashes continued to work. Fortunately the battery packs failed and I rebuilt them the following week.
Why did you have flashes in your shorts? LOL
boberic wrote:
Why did you have flashes in your shorts? LOL
I noticed that comment, but I had the decency not ask him about that. To each his own. :D
billnikon
Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont
boberic wrote:
Why did you have flashes in your shorts? LOL
So I can get a CHARGE out of them!!!!!!!!!!!!!
eric-taylor wrote:
. . . Click, click, click then suddenly crunch, crunch and the view finder goes black. After the dust settles I pop the lens off and my worst fear is realized when the mirror tumbles out of the camera body on to the ground. . .
Dang! I purely HATE when that happens.
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