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 09/28/2009 12:23:06 AM · #26
Originally posted by zxaar:
Originally posted by NikonJeb:
Originally posted by ErikV:
Hmmm, interesting statistic about brand of lens dropped:

Canon -- 9
Nikon -- 0
All Others Combined -- 7


Originally posted by zxaar:
conclusion nobody uses nikon. People either use canon or prefer anything but nikon.

/kidding.

No.....we're just more coordinated & careful.

Ha!


It is difficult to make case for nikon. I remember loooooooonnggggg time ago there were threads about how someone's nikon fell in lake (or water). Nikons are somewhat hydrophilic.


Good to know, or they'd be hydrophobic, in which case they'd have rabies, and all Nikon owners would have to get rabies shots in their tummies :-)
 09/28/2009 12:25:30 AM · #27
1. Price
- came with camera
2. Name
- 75-300
3. Distance to impact
- like 4 feet
4. Surface impacted onto
- cement(ouch)
5. Highest DPC score with it
- i dont think ive ever used it for anything on here
6. Your reaction
- i think my heart stopped, but then i just picked it up and kept running
7. Did it survive
- everything did but the UV filter

09/28/2009 02:00:51 AM · #28
1. Price: E400
2. Name: Canon EF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro USM
3. Distance to impact: 2m
4. Surface impacted onto: wood
5. Highest DPC score with it: 6.6148
6. Your reaction: Oh no, not my new camera
7. Did it survive: only slightly damaged, but still working

and also still using this one as a reminder to be more careful

09/28/2009 02:18:28 AM · #29
1. Don't know it was a gift
2. Tamron lens can't remember the specifics now
3. 3 feet
4. Stairs of rolling cruise ship
5. Never used here
6. Oh crap! This is only day 2 of my 16 day Greece / Italy trip!!!
7. No, it did not survive. It fell apart in pieces in my hand. I spent most of the next day in Rhodes Greece trying to find a camera shop that could replace it. Finally found a camera store that carried more than point and shoot cameras - they took one look at it and laughed when I asked if it could be fixed. They sold me an inferior replacement for about $350. Not a great way to start a long vacation trip.
 09/28/2009 02:19:54 AM · #30
1. Price: $1800
2. Name: Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8 VR DG IF-ED
3. Distance to impact: 60cm
4. Surface impacted onto: stone tiles
5. Highest DPC score with it: 6.8333
6. Your reaction: Don't worry, it's fully insured
7. Did it survive: Yes. The VR unit started acting funny after a while so I had it changed. No bumps, no scratches.

1. Price: Kit lens
2. Name: Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 18-135mm f/3.5- 5.6G ED DX
3. Distance to impact: 60cm
4. Surface impacted onto: stone tiles
5. Highest DPC score with it: 6.4648
6. Your reaction: Don't worry, it's fully insured
7. Did it survive: Yes

1. Price: NOK 3500 (about $580)
2. Name: Nikon Sigma 105mm f/2.8 EX DG Macro for Nikon
3. Distance to impact: 60cm
4. Surface impacted onto: stone tiles
5. Highest DPC score with it: 5.7943
6. Your reaction: Don't worry, it's fully insured
7. Did it survive: Yes

1. Price: NOK 3500 (about $580)
2. Name: Sigma 10-20mm f/4-5.6 EX DC HSM for Nikon
3. Distance to impact: 60cm
4. Surface impacted onto: stone tiles
5. Highest DPC score with it: 5.5088
6. Your reaction: Sh?t! That one's not insured!!!
7. Did it survive: Yes

Lesson learned: Double check that the lid on your camera bag is closed...

Message edited by author 2009-09-28 02:40:04.
 09/28/2009 02:31:51 AM · #31
$ ? Can't remember.
Tamron 90mm Macro.
about 5 feet.
dirt and grass.
score sucked.
pissed at first.
got a bit dirty but not damaged.
 09/28/2009 04:19:58 AM · #32
1. $600 lens, $100 filter
2. Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8
3. 4 feet
4. Asphalt
5. n/a - dropped prior to joining.
6. "Oh $#!@", actually was worried more about the D300 it was attached to. Then kicking myself for leaving it on the tonneau cover of my truck. Was rushing to get a picture of my house for a Xmas card, walked away a few step and heard a tumbling thud sound.
7. Filter was shattered, bent the threads to the filter/lens, a crack in the inside plastic part of the lens. It "stutters" on autofocus on the D300 but can still autofocus (kind of), can still manually focus. But I really don't use it anymore, just a paper weight now... Was getting over it until this thread...kicking myself again for being an idiot... (Nothing wrong with the camera though. The lens took the brunt of it.)

09/28/2009 06:11:40 AM · #33
Originally posted by ErikV:
Hmmm, interesting statistic about brand of lens dropped:

Canon -- 9
Nikon -- 0
All Others Combined -- 7


Originally posted by zxaar:
conclusion nobody uses nikon. People either use canon or prefer anything but nikon.

/kidding.

Originally posted by NikonJeb:
No.....we're just more coordinated & careful.

Ha!


Originally posted by zxaar:
It is difficult to make case for nikon. I remember loooooooonnggggg time ago there were threads about how someone's nikon fell in lake (or water). Nikons are somewhat hydrophilic.

No, it's not.....there *are* less Nikon people who have dropped their equipment.

Ask Jason DrAchoo about dropping his Nikon 5D into water......

Oh, WAIT!!!!

A 5D is a CANON.
 09/28/2009 06:16:10 AM · #34
So far, Spazmo99 wins.
 09/28/2009 06:26:24 AM · #35
Originally posted by Melethia:
So far, Spazmo99 wins.

A dubious honor at best......8>(
 09/28/2009 08:09:59 AM · #36
this thread is too weird to come up now, for the last 3 nights I have dreamt that I have dropped lens. It is starting to freak me out!
 09/28/2009 08:31:30 AM · #37
1. $80
2. Canon 50mm 1.8
3. 2 feet
4. Door frame (it didnt drop but hit the door frame while the camera was hanging off of Aimees neck)
5. 7.185 - tim / 6.966 - aimee
6. Bummer
7. Auto focus doesnt work anymore so it is relegated to macro photography with our extension rings

1. $80
2. Canon 50mm 1.8 (the replacement for the above lens)
3. 2 ft
4. Concrete floor (camera was in Aimees lap at a restaurant - somehow slipped by her)
5. 7.185- tim / 6.966 - aimee
6. Dangit!
7. Nope - this one broke into multiple pieces.

1. $250
2. Sigma 18-175
3. 3 ft
4. Laminate flooring in my kitchen
5. 7.6115 - tim / 7.044 - aimee
6. Crap - Did the 30D break too? (attached to the 30d and somehow I caught it and dragged the whole thing off the kitchen counter - landed on the lens on a bad angle)
7. Nope - cracked mid way down the body and now opens like a pac man
 09/28/2009 09:09:15 AM · #38
Put another 'Canon' on the list.....

1. Price: Approximately $2 200 AUS
2. Name: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS
3. Distance to impact: From the top of a fully extended tripod...(about four feet).....of course it still had the Canon 5D body attached to it!
4. Surface impacted onto: dirt, gravel and grass
5. Highest DPC score with it: : 6.9394
6. Your reaction: I only said the word 'F__k' once, because I was standing in the middle of a fairly liberated wedding party... but it did seem to get their attention! Maybe, because of the volume!... The B & G were across the lake, (at sunset), they were the focus of the proposed shot...... they didn't seem hear my bad language.....I heard the official photographer saying. 'don't worry....this happens all the time! ....with a big cheesy smile, that was so fake that I'm gonna get it in print next time she does it!!....
7. Did it survive: .....tentatively picked it up, cleaned the front glass with my shirt and ...... reattached to the tripod ...and totally blew the next three shots...(they probably would have done better than my other 'missed focus' challenge entry)....both body and soul seem to working well....took 1200 images last week-end at another wedding......... Working too well!!! ...it's taken 6 hours to cull to 600 images.....

09/28/2009 09:38:10 AM · #39
1. Price - About $500
2. Name - Canon 100mm F2.8 Macro EFS
3. Distance to impact - About 3 feet (back seat of my truck, opened the door, rolled off)
4. Surface impacted onto - Concrete garage floor, bounced 2-3 times too!
5. Highest DPC score with it - ?
6. Your reaction - OHHHH $H!T
7. Did it survive - Can't even find a scratch on it? Works great.

Edit to add:

This was the second drop of this lens. Almost forgot it was dropped on the beach during a lens change, in moist sand! Lots of careful cleaning and it was good as new.

Message edited by author 2009-09-28 09:40:09.
 09/28/2009 11:22:06 AM · #40
1. Price: $500 (used)
2. Name: Pentax SMC- DA * 50-135mm F2.8 ED (IF) SDM
3. Distance to impact: about 2.5 feet
4. Surface impacted onto: Fell off a bench, along with the camera, onto a wooden pier when I got my foot caught in the camera strap as I stood up.
5. Highest DPC score with it: N/A -- dropped it about the third time I used it
6. Your reaction: #1: F*K I am such an idiot.
#2: I hope no one saw what a f*ing idiot I am.
#3: I never really liked that lens anyway.
7. Did it survive: Yes, after $200 in repairs.
 09/28/2009 11:27:12 AM · #41
1. $100ish? Came with my d70s
2.Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED
3.4 feet
4. Landed right on the concrete driveway
5. N/A
6. Oh shit. Oh shit. Oh shit. Oh shit. It was attached to the d300 I had just purchased the day before, strap slipped off the camera (now its triple knotted and pinned together), and I snagged the strap just before the body hit the ground, but not before the lens. This was also as I was getting in the car to head to a job,
7. Nopers, the couplings broke, but the camera itself survived, which was much much much more improtant to me.


09/28/2009 11:53:59 AM · #42
1. Price
$1400
2. Name
Canon 50mm 1.2L
3. Distance to impact
4 ft
4. Surface impacted onto
Afghanistan moon dust
5. Highest DPC score with it
6.1449
6. Your reaction
"Fin SoB S Fer!!!!!"
7. Did it survive
A can and a half of canned air later it was fine
8. Photo took right before the incident

09/28/2009 12:29:25 PM · #43
Originally posted by LevT:
here is a sad Nikon case

1. $800
2. Nikon 18-200mm VR
3. 30ft straight down
4. cobblestone street in a mountainous village in Provence
5. 7.18
6. a mild heart attack (no, not quite, but I think I was close, LOL)
7. what do you think? Surprisingly, it did not break to small pieces (which I thought it would), it hit the ground by the mount, and bent it, also the zoom ring would not rotate anymore, and a piece of plastic with VR switch broke off, that's about it in terms of obvious damage. Still enough to make the repair out of question... Anyway, I still keep it on my desk as a reminder of my stupidity :(


Mine hit the ground with the corner of the skylight filter and it was mounted on the camera at the time. The thing slipped off my shoulder (I'm so cool) onto tarmac. The VR switch thing flew off and the zoom ring wasn't having any more of that zooming.
I jammed the leads from the VR switch bit back into what looked like the right places, used the power of will and the assistance of implements to persuade the thing back on/in, then showed the barrel and the zoom ring who's boss by wrenching them into submission...
Goes without saying I'd given the thing up for dead before I started this mayhem, but it actually seems to work now, albeit in a graunchy sort of way. I've hidden it away for now because I don't want reminding of my stupidity for a while.
There's a difference between three feet and thirty, for which I'm grateful.

1. King's ransom
2. 18-200 VR Nikon
3. 3-4'
4. Asphalt
5. 6.46
6. Does not print on family paper
7. Survive and survive, fru Blom, as Henrik Ibsen would might have said.

Before and after impact:


after my 'repair' I took two shots with and without VR - here they come in unedited gory:
0.3 seconds, f4.8 at 52mm:

I think the jury's still out...

Message edited by author 2009-09-28 12:49:37.
 09/28/2009 12:44:06 PM · #44
1. Price: Kit lens, sells for $120
2. Name: Canon 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
3. Distance: 6 feet
4. Surface: Concrete, rolled into the reflecting pool in DC
5. Highest Score: 5.6169, my only submission with it
6. Reaction: =[ =[ =[
7. Survival: Yes, but it's extremely cloudy and essentially useless.

It was a pretty crummy lens anyway, so it wasn't that big of a deal. I had the Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8, so I just used that until I replaced the 18-55 with the 17-40 f/4.0L. I wanted the 16-35mm f/2.8, but it was waaaay, and still is too costly.
 09/28/2009 01:08:28 PM · #45
1. 789
2. Canon 10-22
3. 3.5 feet
4. Jagged Rock
5. 6.4
6. peed a little when it happened, swore afterwords.
7. yeah it survived with nothing but a light scratch around the rim.
 09/28/2009 01:34:45 PM · #46
1 £400
2.Nikon 70-300 AFS VR
3.3feet
4. Concrete
5. 6.9814

6. Nearly fainted, cried, was depressed for days.
7. Would cost £300 to repair, so my husband, who loves me enormously (and was fed up of me being so grumpy) bought me another one.
 09/28/2009 01:44:29 PM · #47
1. £70
2. Canon 50mm f1.8 mk2
3. 4 feet
4. concrete
5. donk know
6. Oh Sh*t
7. It looked ok so I mounted it on my 300D, would not work so took off - or tried to - it became jammed, which resulted in the pins on the body of the camera to be damaged (I did use a bit of force to try and get if off), Result = Camera + lens knackered. Turned out ok though because my insurance covered it all and I replaced the 300D with my current 30D, though never replaced the f1.8 for some reason.

Message edited by author 2009-09-28 13:49:26.
 09/28/2009 02:04:53 PM · #48
What a clumsly bunch of photogs!! Remind me never to do a GTG with any of you.

I'd better check before going outside tonight, it's raining lenses:))
 09/28/2009 02:46:57 PM · #49
I want to join in but would prob get banned for spamming from all the "accidents" lol
 09/28/2009 07:48:48 PM · #50
1 $150
2 Nikon 18-70mm
3 Unknown drop. It flipped out of my shooting vest when I kneeled on a rock in the water.
4 Top of the rapids
5 5.99
6 I must have left that sitting where I changed lenses last? Not.
I didn't notice it for 15 minutes. I finished the trip with older manual lenses and enjoyed the practice with them.
7 It's a fisheye lens now.

Message edited by author 2009-09-28 23:52:20.
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