Dropped another lens!!

[belmondo]

It's true. Actually, I didn't drop it. My BIL did when he was helping me empty the trunk of the car. He grabbed my Mini-Trekker, and it was partially unzipped. A lens fell out, bounced a couple times on the garage floor, and rolled under the car.

Now I guess you know I carry some pretty expensive glass in that bag including my 50mm f/1.2L. My 24-105L is in there as is my 16-35L.

We finally fished the lens out from under the car, and it turned out to be my Thrifty Fifty. I guess that's why it bounced so many times. Anyway, I just took some test snaps with it, and it seems to be just fine.

I am now going to go change my undergarments.

[ajbalazic]

Of course the nifty wouldn't suffer, but if it were anything else it would have been lights out.

[Phil Light]

...I am now going to go change my undergarments.

:lol: :lol: :lol:

That has to make a sickening sound.

(edit: the lens bouncing, not changing your undergarments)

[saravrose]

I hate these stories.... they make me nervous.. I'm glad it was just nifty and i'm glad that it's okay... Now, keep the bag zipped and your BIL away from it...;)

[BeccaNH]

Yikes! My stomach just sank when I imagined a lens bouncing under the car... Glad it all turned out alright!

[Pete]

Well, Fisher Price toys will last and last and last...

Unlike your pants.

[crn3371]

Thank goodness it was only nifty. I sort of had the same thing happen to me over the weekend, but much less drastic of a fall. Went to pick my Slingshot up off the floor and as I lifted it my 100-400 rolled out on to the carpet, didn't really drop, but scared the you know what out of me. I guess the moral to all of this is to make darn sure everything is always tightly zipped.

[belmondo]

Thank goodness it was only nifty. I sort of had the same thing happen to me over the weekend, but much less drastic of a fall. Went to pick my Slingshot up off the floor and as I lifted it my 100-400 rolled out on to the carpet, didn't really drop, but scared the you know what out of me. I guess the moral to all of this is to make darn sure everything is always tightly zipped.I did drop my 100-400 a couple years ago. It rolled out of the car onto the pavement. It didn't seem to do much damage and still autofocused, but when I tried to manually focus it. It was locked up tight---about $400 worth!

[Mark_Cohran]

My 1DMKIIN and the attached 24-105 f4L fell out of my truck onto soft gravel about 3 days after I bought the lens. For about 3 minutes I was in Panic Mode Alpha, but I've got to tell you, those L lenses and 1D bodies are tough. The camera spazzed for a few seconds (wanted to give me a card error), but I turned it off, reseated the cards, and it worked just fine. I shot a two day festival after that with no issues and came away with some really sharp photos.

It is a truly sickening feeling to watch several thousand dollars worth of gear fall to the ground.

Mark

[belmondo]

My 1DMKIIN and the attached 24-105 f4L fell out of my truck onto soft gravel about 3 days after I bought the lens. For about 3 minutes I was in Panic Mode Alpha, but I've got to tell you, those L lenses and 1D bodies are tough. The camera spazzed for a few seconds (wanted to give me a card error), but I turned it off, reseated the cards, and it worked just fine. I shot a two day festival after that with no issues and came away with some really sharp photos.

It is a truly sickening feeling to watch several thousand dollars worth of gear fall to the ground.

MarkI shudder at the thoughts of ever dropping my 1Ds Mk II.

[ssim]

You really are a sucker for punishement aren't you. You could have left it attached to a body and tripod and then it wouldn't have fallen. Oh never mind, the tripod would still be sitting by the train tracks.:D:D:D

[belmondo]

You really are a sucker for punishement aren't you. You could have left it attached to a body and tripod and then it wouldn't have fallen. Oh never mind, the tripod would still be sitting by the train tracks.:D:D:DSheldon. You really have a cruel streak, don't you?:D:lol:

[Lord_Malone]

Woo Hoo! I've got you beat! I've dropped the 35L (broke it too!), 80-200L, 70-200 2.8L IS and the 50L!

[Mark_Cohran]

Woo Hoo! I've got you beat! I've dropped the 35L (broke it too!), 80-200L, 70-200 2.8L IS and the 50L!

Note to self: don't buy used gear from this guy! :)

(and don't try to sell him my 1DMKIIN or 24-105 since he read this thread).

Mark

[wannasmaxx]

Sheldon. You really have a cruel streak, don't you?:D:lol:
I was gonna say the same as Sheldon... Thankfully it was only the 50...the cheep one

[tazzman270]

I would have been ready to kill by friend even though it wasn't really their fault. Keep your zippers done up or somethin important is sure to fall out.

[cgratti]

Yikes... Since I heard some of the horror stories here I check my bag about 100X a day when I have it with me to be sure it's zipped.

[T.D.]

It's true. Actually, I didn't drop it. My BIL did when he was helping me empty the trunk of the car. He grabbed my Mini-Trekker, and it was partially unzipped. A lens fell out, bounced a couple times on the garage floor, and rolled under the car.

Now I guess you know I carry some pretty expensive glass in that bag including my 50mm f/1.2L. My 24-105L is in there as is my 16-35L.

We finally fished the lens out from under the car, and it turned out to be my Thrifty Fifty. I guess that's why it bounced so many times. Anyway, I just took some test snaps with it, and it seems to be just fine.

I am now going to go change my undergarments.

OH CRAP!!!

My worst nightmare. Glad it was that lens and not my 300!

[belmondo]

OH CRAP!!!

My worst nightmare. Glad it was that lens and not my 300!

Go ahead. Say it......

You're just glad it was my lens, period, and not any of yours.:lol:

[liza]

I am now going to go change my undergarments.

I would have had to change my entire outfit and would probably have needed a breathing treatment as well. Thank heavens it wasn't any of the good glass.

[sapearl]

Maybe you should start wearing the latest in "astronaut underwear" for those long photo road trips. I hear it's good for at least 900 miles.

[lostdoggy]

You sure it fell out not kicked out by the host of big L's???

[ilovemycamera]

damn, i would have lost it right then and there!

[belmondo]

Well, given Belmondo's (ahem) position in life, I'm sure he's already familiar with those "undergarments" found in the "special" aisle at the local grocery store or Walgreens.

I kid, I kid...

:p ;) :lol:Hey...those are supposed to be disposable, but I've never disposed of one yet.





I always lose them first.:o :o :o

[Glenn NK]

Damn it - I'm nervous enough when changing between two $1,500 CAD zooms - then I read this thread, and for sure now, I'll be even more nervous and likely drop both of them.;)

[Lord_Malone]

Ls are pretty resiliant to drops. Not surprising considering the build quality. Try it!

[T.D.]

Go ahead. Say it......

You're just glad it was my lens, period, and not any of yours.:lol:

True!

But I consider "your" 300, "my" 300. Remember? You were going to give it away since you don't use it and you like me best?! ;):cool:

[belmondo]

True!

But I consider "your" 300, "my" 300. Remember? You were going to give it away since you don't use it and you like me best?! ;):cool:Oh cripes...I forgot.:o

Wait....I thought I was going to give it to one of the women. They always seem to smell so much better.

[theflyingkiwi]

well it had to be you didn't it. well I hope it's not to damaged, unlike that 100-400. since this is the 2nd time you have dropped a L, you know what it means, you will have to sell your gear and buy a nikon :)

[joegolf68]

Note to self: don't buy used gear from this guy!

Mark

Hahahaha. :lol:

[Maureen Souza]

Woo Hoo! I've got you beat! I've dropped the 35L (broke it too!), 80-200L, 70-200 2.8L IS and the 50L!
Butterfingers!!!:lol: :lol:

Gosh Tom, I can't decide if are lucky or unlucky. But I am glad Nifty was all you had to worry about. If you keep this up you'll have to stock up on extra shorts or a package of Depends!!!

[theflyingkiwi]

Ls are pretty resiliant to drops. Not surprising considering the build quality. Try it!

funny you should say that. I dropped my 17-40 and that still works well. :lol:

[joeseph]

Ls are pretty resiliant to drops. Not surprising considering the build quality. Try it!
Ah yes - last saturday my 20D & 16-35 did in fact leave my hand and impact the ground. Good thing it was only a couple of inches away from terra firma, bad thing was that my body had fallen from a couple of feet at the time so less skin on the knee & elbow than there used to be but at least the camera/lens isn't damaged.
Given there were at least 6 other POTN'ers there at the time and none of them witnessed this, and thus didn't record the event, I think myself thankful.

[liza]

Oh cripes...I forgot.:o

Wait....I thought I was going to give it to one of the women. They always seem to smell so much better.

Any kind of perfume you like in particular? I could always use another lens. ;)

[surfologist]

Ahh... its ok!! We play tackle football with my 70-200!! ;) ;)

Oh, wait, to all of you that were looking at my lens to buy... i was just kidding... heheh.. ;)

[Steiglitz]

It's true. Actually, I didn't drop it. My BIL did when he was helping me empty the trunk of the car. He grabbed my Mini-Trekker, and it was partially unzipped. A lens fell out, bounced a couple times on the garage floor, and rolled under the car.

Now I guess you know I carry some pretty expensive glass in that bag including my 50mm f/1.2L. My 24-105L is in there as is my 16-35L.

We finally fished the lens out from under the car, and it turned out to be my Thrifty Fifty. I guess that's why it bounced so many times. Anyway, I just took some test snaps with it, and it seems to be just fine.

I am now going to go change my undergarments.

BelMondo, I resent your lens dropping stories...If they cause me to go back into intense 6 month therapy it'll be your fault! :evil: And furthermore, this is a family site, so enough with your horror tales!

[belmondo]

BelMondo, I resent your lens dropping stories...If they cause me to go back into intense 6 month therapy it'll be your fault! :evil: And furthermore, this is a family site, so enough with your horror tales!I've got a better one. It's in the Vista/Epson thread here (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showpost.php?p=2701385&postcount=31).

[::John::]

If you think YOU were lining up for an underwear change, think how your BIL was handling it...

If it was one of my relatives, they would still be running!

[MDJAK]

I won't even comment on dropping that lens. I don't even consider it a lens; it's a toy.

As to your Vista plight, that was incredibly funny. As my dad would say, as funny as a clown at his own funeral.

I bought my wife an HP 17" notebook at B&H this past Sunday loaded with Vista. I hope the fact that a 400 pound dude dropped dead at the counter and was rushed out by ambulance personnel furiously performing CPR to no avail, after which one of the bosses said to some stunned employees: All right, back to work," doesn't place bad karma on the notebook which I'll give her for Valentine's Day.

mark

[belmondo]

I won't even comment on dropping that lens. I don't even consider it a lens; it's a toy.

As to your Vista plight, that was incredibly funny. As my dad would say, as funny as a clown at his own funeral.

I bought my wife an HP 17" notebook at B&H this past Sunday loaded with Vista. I hope the fact that a 400 pound dude dropped dead at the counter and was rushed out by ambulance personnel furiously performing CPR to no avail, after which one of the bosses said to some stunned employees: All right, back to work," doesn't place bad karma on the notebook which I'll give her for Valentine's Day.

markGee. I've been to B&H a couple times, and they never put on a floor show while I was there. I feel left out.

[Shutter22]

Oh cripes...I forgot.:o

Wait....I thought I was going to give it to one of the women. They always seem to smell so much better.

*raises hand*


I was away for the weekend when I dropped my step-dad's 70-200. I almost shot myself. I was already thinking about what I'd tell him if it wouldn't work properly. I'd be dead, he'd take all of my gear to compensate for the lens.

I never told him this because it was still fit as a fiddle.

[wannasmaxx]

Keep your zippers done up or somethin important is sure to fall out.
That's true in more than one sense.:rolleyes:

[PacAce]

Hmm, after reading this thread, I think I should go out and get me a nifty-fifty to increase the odds that the next lens I drop will NOT be one of my more expensive ones. AAMOF, I think I'll go get two nifty-fifties to even better the odds. :mrgreen:

[Jon]

Better pick up a couple of film Rebels too, to help protect your 1Ds.

[Permagrin]

It's true. Actually, I didn't drop it. My BIL did when he was helping me empty the trunk of the car. He grabbed my Mini-Trekker, and it was partially unzipped. A lens fell out, bounced a couple times on the garage floor, and rolled under the car.

Now I guess you know I carry some pretty expensive glass in that bag including my 50mm f/1.2L. My 24-105L is in there as is my 16-35L.

We finally fished the lens out from under the car, and it turned out to be my Thrifty Fifty. I guess that's why it bounced so many times. Anyway, I just took some test snaps with it, and it seems to be just fine.

Now that's frightening...how many L's did you have in that same bag?

I am now going to go change my undergarments.

Was this why your first shot with your new lens was in the aforementioned? :lol:

True!

But I consider "your" 300, "my" 300. Remember? You were going to give it away since you don't use it and you like me best?! ;):cool:

There he is, trying to edge out your rightful heir again!

Wait....I thought I was going to give it to one of the women. (NAMELY PERMIE!) They always seem to smell so much better.

;) YES!!!

[Shutter22]

Better pick up a couple of film Rebels too, to help protect your 1Ds.

Why not just buy a few disposable cameras and cardboard tubes?

[Master-9]

Note to self: don't buy used gear from this guy! :)

(and don't try to sell him my 1DMKIIN or 24-105 since he read this thread).

Mark


LOL

[Scottes]

After reading this thread, perhaps Tom's title needs to be changed.

Born To Drop L

Granted it wasn't L this time.
But it was last time.
And chances are good that it will be L next time.

[PacAce]

Does anybody make body armor for lenses? I might make a killing manufacturing them and selling them in the CA dessert. :mrgreen:

[Jon]

Along with the GPS tracking tripod heads?
:{)#

[ayotnoms]

Does anybody make body armor for lenses? I might make a killing manufacturing them and selling them in the CA dessert. :mrgreen:
ummm
I love CA desserts...for instance, one of Bubba Diners tall, cold, decadent, Chocolate malts

:) :)

[PacAce]

ummm
I love CA desserts...for instance, one of Bubba Diners tall, cold, decadent, Chocolate malts

:) :)

:o :o :o Did I do that? I actually misspelled "desert". What was my finger thinking cuz that's not what my brain told it to do. :shock:

Must have been that hiccup I had just as I was typing the "S". ;)

[belmondo]

:o :o :o Did I do that? I actually misspelled "desert". What was my finger thinking cuz that's not what my brain told it to do. :shock:

Must have been that hiccup I had just as I was typing the "S". ;)Keybounce, Leo. Always blame it on the keyboard

[Curtis N]

Keep your zippers done up or somethin important is sure to fall out.I remember my mother telling me that many years ago. I later discovered she was right.

[Grace]

Any kind of perfume you like in particular? I could always use another lens. ;)


I thought the same thing Liza!

[marie]

I remember my mother telling me that many years ago. I later discovered she was right.
:mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

until Becky beckoned :confused:

(:eek:)