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Aug 12, 2015 02:18:49   #
eric-taylor
 
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?

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Aug 12, 2015 02:38:38   #
SharpShooter Loc: NorCal
 
Knock, knock, knock on wood....,.but not yet!! :lol:
SS

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Aug 12, 2015 02:54:55   #
Macronaut Loc: Redondo Beach,Ca.
 
SharpShooter wrote:
Knock, knock, knock on wood....,.but not yet!! :lol:
SS
Ditto ;) :D

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Aug 12, 2015 04:42:52   #
Gitzo Loc: Indiana
 
I'm curious.....what kind of camera was it that the mirror fell out of?

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Aug 12, 2015 06:26:37   #
Rongnongno Loc: FL
 
eric-taylor wrote:
.../... Anyone else have any stories of catastrophic equipment failure?

Yup, behind the camera!!!

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Aug 12, 2015 07:06:53   #
djtravels Loc: Georgia boy now
 
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?

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Aug 12, 2015 15:36:35   #
MarkD Loc: NYC
 
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.

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Aug 12, 2015 15:47:32   #
eric-taylor
 
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.

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Aug 13, 2015 06:55:36   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
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)... (show quote)

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

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Aug 13, 2015 07:19:52   #
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)... (show quote)


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.

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Aug 13, 2015 07:52:17   #
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

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Aug 13, 2015 08:28:56   #
jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY
 
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

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Aug 13, 2015 08:36:34   #
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Aug 13, 2015 10:17:43   #
rocketride Loc: Upstate NY
 
Rongnongno wrote:
Yup, behind the camera!!!

Care to elaborate?

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Aug 13, 2015 10:19:43   #
rocketride Loc: Upstate NY
 
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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