Wounds of War - Post the Scars on your Working Canon Gear

[PhotoJourno]

Just like the title says.
Trying to set up a thread of photos of cameras that are used regularily, and show signs of use and/or abuse. No dumb stuff (namely breaking your camera to post a photo, or steal a pic from another site).

Just look around your battle-worn gear, and post a photo of your favorite scratch, dent, and if you remember, the Harrowing story of how it happened.

I say enough of pristine camera and lens photos already. Instead, let's bring out the Elite, the working Cameras from all over !!..

(Pics of my Mk II and III coming up_)

[watchtherocks]

http://img224.imageshack.us/img224/8378/500xw9.jpg

Why yes, that is a 500mm L mere seconds after it was dropped in the ocean.
I honestly did not know it was possible to feel such grief over camera equipment.:(

[muscleflex]

i'm sure paintball photographer (i can't remember quite what his callname is here) can give you a few shots of his battle worn gear!!!

[EcoRick]

This thread is going to be painful to read.

[leitch]

Okay okay, so I should have blown the dust off it, first.. :lol:

On the filter thread right where the red "L" is, you can see the marks from where the lens hit the concrete and dented, and where I subsequently bent it back into shape :lol:

http://img366.imageshack.us/img366/9504/img4826bz2.jpg

[Double Negative]

<sits back with a bag of popcorn> "Oh... Boy..." :o

[basroil]

looks like these aren't going in the sell forum ;)

[samnz]

looks like these aren't going in the sell forum ;)

maybe ebay
Fantastic lens! No fungus or scratches on glass element. Has small dent on filter thread but doesn't effect image quality what-so-ever :lol:

[MikeT]

Im sure you mean Gary Baum from paintballphotography.com. yeah hes got a few nasty pics from a paintball goin through his lens.

i'm sure paintball photographer (i can't remember quite what his callname is here) can give you a few shots of his battle worn gear!!!

[Dan Lorth]

post more!

[Excavator]

My old S-40 survived a car wreck. http://nopeople.com/homepage/Eklutna%20Project/Eklutna04/wreck.html
After digging the gravel out of the sliding door and the zoom it still works fine, you just have to squeeze the body together while sliding the door.


...sorry, all my EOS equipment is too new for any battle wounds.

[PhotoJourno]

Wow!!!...

MMaaaaaaarrrrrrcciiiii !!!!!!!!....

They don't take instructions, they already know how to do everything. Even if it has ten wheels, and weighs 20 Tons. Glad you, your crew, marci, and the camera made it.

[Sgt_Hovanec]

Okay okay, so I should have blown the dust off it, first.. :lol:

On the filter thread right where the red "L" is, you can see the marks from where the lens hit the concrete and dented, and where I subsequently bent it back into shape :lol:

http://img366.imageshack.us/img366/9504/img4826bz2.jpg

I did the exact same thing with my 70-200mm f/2.8L IS on the third week I had it. I thought I shattered the front element. It rolled out of my front seat when I was getting out of the car. It took a hammer and flat head to get it back where I could screw on a filter again. I may have did something to the weather seal though cuz now once and a while when I manually focus, turning the ring two or more times it sounds and feels like there is some dust inside the ring area. Thank God there's nothing wrong with it's operation, and I don't see any dust or anything on the inside of the lens. Of course it was the one time I didn't have the lens hood on which would have saved it from any damage. Dodged the bullet there.

So for the 500mm that fell into the ocean, did the water stay sealed out??

[Anders Östberg]

I think I've shown this one before; my 300/28 and 1DII fell onto a concrete floor during a hockey game,
and the lens mount broke on the lens. The lens mount had to be replaced and the camera also
needed a focus adjustment but other than that all is fine.

http://www.aobild.se/imagesforforums/cameragear/jh5q4100_30028broken.jpg


I usually hang one camera off each shoulder and I tend to bump into things, like door frames ...
... after a while (in this case going on 4 years) the corners of my cameras get a bit beat up.

http://www.aobild.se/imagesforforums/cameragear/skuffed1diigrip.jpg

[Excavator]

[QUOTE=PhotoJourno;5326748]

MMaaaaaaarrrrrrcciiiii !!!!!!!!....[QUOTE]

Haha! I say something similar to that every time I'm at an intersection and it hurts my neck to turn and look for traffic.

[basroil]

I think I've shown this one before; my 300/28 and 1DII fell onto a concrete floor during a hockey game,
and the lens mount broke on the lens. The lens mount had to be replaced and the camera also
needed a focus adjustment but other than that all is fine.

http://www.aobild.se/imagesforforums/cameragear/jh5q4100_30028broken.jpg




that's actually a mechanical feature rather than something bad about the lens. it's a lot cheaper to replace the mount lens side than it it to fix the mount that's welded on the body. first time actually seeing that though:D

[PhotoJourno]

That photo makes me bite my lip.

[bishop13]

maybe ebay

Or Craigslist :lol:

[Bendel]

...sorry, all my EOS equipment is too new for any battle wounds.
Famous last words.;)

I don't have any wounds to my camera gear yet. (and I just jinxed myself also:()

[PhotoJourno]

... after a while (in this case going on 4 years) the corners of my cameras get a bit beat up.

http://www.aobild.se/imagesforforums/cameragear/skuffed1diigrip.jpg

This you are about to see, is my 40 day old 1D Mark III. I took it to a pro game, where I was using my Mk II on the shoulder and a 30D with a UWA, so that I could have Zoom, wide, and Tele covered.

I still feel the paint came off awfully easy in this case. Worth calling Canon? Not sure.

But as soon as I noticed, it surely peeved me off.

Earlier on a road trip, I was out climbing a summit, without realizing that the 1DII around my neck, kept rubbing side to side in the back, against one of the backpack buckles. The LCD Plastic was moderately scratched (it does not impair operation, though if you put it to the light you can see it's there). And the side as well. Another Wanna jump off a mountain moment.

Mark III, not even 2 months old:

[Anders Östberg]

That first scratch is always the most painful one.
After the second nick you can relax, after the third you resign to the inevitable. :)

[kensei]

ive got a huge scratch on the flash that i got climbing a building. i'll post a pic later, i was a little disappointed but the camera works and it's a tool not jewelry. though i dont know if any scratch could stop an SLR from looking cool. IMHO...

[agphotography]

I don't have photos of the stuff that's happened to my gear, but fortunately none of it was ever damaged beyond usability.

Most notable "accidents"

I was shooting a model down by the beach with my Mamiya RZ67, I was actually in the water with the camera on an old tripod and using a small flash wirelessly. Out of nowhere a wave came up very abruptly and totally soaked my RZ. Miraculously nothing actually happened to it! I had it cleaned out and felt like the luckiest man alive.

Other big one was when I was shooting with my 10D it somehow ( I honestly have no idea how ) fell off my tripod and landed right on top of the pop-up flash. The flash would no longer "pop-up" but it would actually work if i pulled it up manually.

There have been other smaller mishaps but those were a couple of the worst.

[leitch]

looks like these aren't going in the sell forum ;)

Good thing I'll never sell my 24-70! Love this thing.

[Wazza]

My 17-40 was on it's first adventure into the cricket ground at Eden Park, Auckland NZ.

Lifting my bag up to change my gear, the zip wasn't done up, and out fell the brand new 17-40L

Smash!

Glass everywhere

Fortunately, I had a 77mm UV filter attached, through advise on the forum back in Feb 2005 when I bought the lens, and dropped it

http://wazz*****scity.com/20d/ouch_17-40.jpg

[basroil]

My 17-40 was on it's first adventure into the cricket ground at Eden Park, Auckland NZ.

Lifting my bag up to change my gear, the zip wasn't done up, and out fell the brand new 17-40L

Smash!

Glass everywhere

Fortunately, I had a 77mm UV filter attached, through advise on the forum back in Feb 2005 when I bought the lens, and dropped it

http://wazz*****scity.com/20d/ouch_17-40.jpg


I love clamps... especially to take things off when they get stuck ;)

[PhotoJourno]

http://wazz*****scity.com/20d/ouch_17-40.jpg

[EDITED] A whole new meaning to 'I felt like I had my balls on the jaws of a lathe chuck'.

Did the front element break? Or was this the post where we talked about the filter taking the blunt of the impact and saving your lens?...

Very real looking gear so far. Nothing against the fancy pics of 500 L lenses holding up a glass with your 45 Pro Bodies, but I think these depict a bit more the real gear, what it looks like when we see it out there.

C'mon, show the duct tape aftermath patches, bent hoods, scratched and dinged cameras, etc. Only requirement is, they have to be yours. No fishing the internet for who knows "Man drops Camera from moving Helicopter" pics.

[number six]

I love clamps... especially to take things off when they get stuck ;)

Those are the jaws of a lathe chuck. A metal lathe is a very useful device...

-js

[Double Negative]

Those are the jaws of a lathe chuck. A metal lathe is a very useful device...

Better than a vice in this case, too - a vice is two dimensional... The chuck is three. The vice wants to make your lens flat, this'll make it, well, more round. :p

[DDan]

Those are the jaws of a lathe chuck. A metal lathe is a very useful device...

-js

Wow. I was sure I was the only one that would notice that. :D

[basroil]

Those are the jaws of a lathe chuck. A metal lathe is a very useful device...

-js

I know, used a few back in my project classes in college. The way it's used there is as a clamp though ;). Unless of course it's being spun to make pretty patterns in the body of the lens.

Pretty big chuck though, ones I've used only get to about 2" diameter. And they were only for solid rods and other prismatic objects, no capability of grabbing the inside.

I really hope that that method worked to get the filter off, and didn't have to get the shears.

[number six]

Wow. I was sure I was the only one that would notice that. :D

Check out my site. :cool:

-js

[DDan]

Check out my site. :cool:

-js

Very :cool:. My buddy has a lathe and a mill. I like to watch him work. I'm not allowed yet.

[number six]

Very :cool:. My buddy has a lathe and a mill. I like to watch him work. I'm not allowed yet.

Get him to teach you how to chase threads on a lathe. (Chase is a machinist's term, meaning cut threads with a single-point tool.)

Great fun! But nerve-wracking until you've destroyed the first few trial pieces and get the knack...

:p

-js

[TheHoff]

I usually hang one camera off each shoulder and I tend to bump into things, like door frames ...
... after a while (in this case going on 4 years) the corners of my cameras get a bit beat up.

http://www.aobild.se/imagesforforums/cameragear/skuffed1diigrip.jpg

That just plain looks good. A working man's camera.

[number six]

Better than a vice in this case, too - a vice is two dimensional... The chuck is three. The vice wants to make your lens flat, this'll make it, well, more round. :p

It's a 3 jaw chuck. There are 6 jaw chucks too, which would be the ideal choice for a workpiece as delicate as this lens.

The 6 jaw chucks don't apply any more force - they're used for thin material that would deform with clamping force applied at only three points.

Even better is a collet, which clamps the workpiece all the way around. But very large collets are rare - my biggest collet is 1-1/8 inch diameter.


Hmmm. I do believe I've wandered off-topic. :o

-js

[theflyingkiwi]

My 17-40 was on it's first adventure into the cricket ground at Eden Park, Auckland NZ.

Lifting my bag up to change my gear, the zip wasn't done up, and out fell the brand new 17-40L

Smash!

Glass everywhere

Fortunately, I had a 77mm UV filter attached, through advise on the forum back in Feb 2005 when I bought the lens, and dropped it

http://wazz*****scity.com/20d/ouch_17-40.jpg

yea I know that feeling, done that with my 17-40 as well. however I did it at puke race way. not a good feeling for sure.

However I didn't use a vice to remove my filter tho. I just used my muscles. :lol:

[number six]

Seems to me a broken filter could be gripped pretty well for removal by a sheet of wet/dry sandpaper...

-js

[mslifkin]

Oh, the pain and the swelling ... it's getting worse!

My 17-40 was on it's first adventure into the cricket ground at Eden Park, Auckland NZ.

Lifting my bag up to change my gear, the zip wasn't done up, and out fell the brand new 17-40L

Smash!

Glass everywhere

Fortunately, I had a 77mm UV filter attached, through advise on the forum back in Feb 2005 when I bought the lens, and dropped it

http://wazz*****scity.com/20d/ouch_17-40.jpg

[donaldjl]

Better than a vice in this case, too - a vice is two dimensional... The chuck is three. The vice wants to make your lens flat, this'll make it, well, more round. :p


Or kinda triangular... ;)

[PhotoJourno]

Ok, I am done with Mechanics Shop, and Triangular Clampy Chuck thingies.

Any other camera scars that bear sharing and harrowing stories? I am about to go and wreck mine on purpose, just to keep the thread alive !!!...

:)

[MajesticMomentsPhoto]

That first scratch is always the most painful one.
After the second nick you can relax, after the third you resign to the inevitable. :)


words to live by:roll: !!!

I wish I had taken a pic of my 85mm 1.2 when it fell onto a concrete step and the glass hit the corner of the step just right.
I wanted to cry.....

Fern

[PhotoJourno]

words to live by:roll: !!!

I wish I had taken a pic of my 85mm 1.2 when it fell onto a concrete step and the glass hit the corner of the step just right.
I wanted to cry.....

Fern

I chocked up just reading it. That sucks. Did the little guy ever make it again with some repair? Or was it totalled?..

[Chandler.]

Hey Mario, I once started a thread like this but it was a dud, so congratulations on your OP thread-starting success.

[PhotoJourno]

Hey Mario, I once started a thread like this but it was a dud, so congratulations on your OP thread-starting success.

Thanks but don't give me all the credit just yet. This thread may still go either way. :)

[Red Dot]

I am about to go and wreck mine on purpose, just to keep the thread alive !!!...

:)

don't jinx yourself....

[MajesticMomentsPhoto]

I chocked up just reading it. That sucks. Did the little guy ever make it again with some repair? Or was it totalled?..

The little guy was toast, filter,front element, and major internal damage. I acted very professionally in front of the couple but inside I was Burning!...

Fern

[restin9]

Not mine but thought I should share it here.:cry:

http://rd.foto.radikal.ru/0708/15/21e1e5172733.jpg

[Canon Soldier]

i don't have any pics but once i was at the zoo in the aviary and my uncle was changing lenses and a bird pooped right into the mount. Crap all over his miror and inside. Sent it into Nikon and all is well now. I got a good laugh outta that one. I've been to camp pendelton a few times taking pictures of thmy fellow paintballers, but no accidents so far. :D

[gary88]

i don't have any pics but once i was at the zoo in the aviary and my uncle was changing lenses and a bird pooped right into the mount. Crap all over his miror and inside. Sent it into Nikon and all is well now. I got a good laugh outta that one. I've been to camp pendelton a few times taking pictures of thmy fellow paintballers, but no accidents so far. :D

I guess that tells you what birds think of Nikon shooters ;)

My gear has no real battle wounds yet. All my XTi has is some minor wear on the hotshoe, and all the plastic on the right where my hand goes has worn down so much that I can see myself in the shiny reflection.

[adblink]

Wow. I was sure I was the only one that would notice that. :D


lol nope i noticed it too, was gonna post something about it unitl I realized TWO other people were already talking about it, haha

[Neal]

Not mine but thought I should share it here.:cry:

http://rd.foto.radikal.ru/0708/15/21e1e5172733.jpg

How the hell did they manage that, get it ran over by a truck?

[Dan Lorth]

How the hell did they manage that, get it ran over by a truck?
no the guy was shooting sports with a 500 f/4.5L and he tripped and it ripped the lensmount off. its from a member's gallery on sportshooter, the OP just didnt cite it proper.

[chris_arnet]

i'm sure paintball photographer (i can't remember quite what his callname is here) can give you a few shots of his battle worn gear!!!

I Used to play D3 PSP competitive paintball. What you see on ESPN. Anyway, I saw a few photographers gear get trashed. Eventually, I had to give up paintball because of a rib injury that wouldnt let me play as effectivel in the position (snake/ front) that I played. So I got into photography and vowed I would NEVER step foot on a feild with a camera in hand. I would be to scared of th damage.

[PhotoJourno]

no the guy was shooting sports with a 500 f/4.5L and he tripped and it ripped the lensmount off. its from a member's gallery on sportshooter, the OP just didnt cite it proper.

Hells yeah, I believe it. The 500L is a lot of metal, even compared to the 1D mount assembly. Still though, rotten luck. I would say 8 out of 10 such falls end up with rib pain, rather than gear damage.

[theflyingkiwi]

sorry to say that my damage lens isn't as damaged as above.

but hey when it dropped my heart did sink a little bit.

[PhotoJourno]

sorry to say that my damage lens isn't as damaged as above.

but hey when it dropped my heart did sink a little bit.

My only drop lens so far (jinx) was a Tamron 55-200 right before a Concert I was covering, and though it was the summer of 2006, I can still replay the memory in my head, how it spun, the first impact, and the sinking feeling.

It was almost new, and the Tamron Warranty folks did a great job at replacing the entire unit for a new one.

Traumatic moments. The loss of a loved one, a car accident, a dropped lens. Make sure your therapist is Canon Certified, folks.

[basroil]

I Used to play D3 PSP competitive paintball. What you see on ESPN. Anyway, I saw a few photographers gear get trashed. Eventually, I had to give up paintball because of a rib injury that wouldnt let me play as effectivel in the position (snake/ front) that I played. So I got into photography and vowed I would NEVER step foot on a feild with a camera in hand. I would be to scared of th damage.

there's a reason why the kata hood was designed with heavy plastic... though you'd best find a skilled person to make you a lexan filter (double layer) to protect the front element...

the sides of the lens and body (if an L and 1d) can handle the shock of a paintball, but the front element gets exposed too much, especially when players think you are shooting them (and they are right about it, they just forget you won't count as a point )

edit: before we get into the specifics of paintball, don't take the last comment too seriously

[agphotography]

Not mine but thought I should share it here.:cry:

http://rd.foto.radikal.ru/0708/15/21e1e5172733.jpg

OMG! That makes me want to cry. Yet it's also strangely fascinating. Amazing that it can literally just rip it to shreds like that.

[number six]

OMG! That makes me want to cry. Yet it's also strangely fascinating. Amazing that it can literally just rip it to shreds like that.

That's the way magnesium fails - it rips along the slip lines of the metallic crystalline structure. All metals do this to some degree, but magnesium is more brittle than most other metals.

Which is why ABS plastic, as used in the Rebel bodies, fares much better with this kind of impact.

They make motorcycle crash helmets from ABS. They don't make them from brittle magnesium.

-js

[agphotography]

Go figure!
It sure feels more stable in the hand though!

[Super-Nicko]

OMG! That makes me want to cry. Yet it's also strangely fascinating. Amazing that it can literally just rip it to shreds like that.

it'll be right mate - its a 1 series... might have lost its weatherseal but im sure it works just fine... good for a right angle spy camera :)

[DreDaze]

here's a link to someone's shots from a 50mm breaking

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=489720

[GerBee]

You are not alone, I've already posted a complaint that I thought the 1DMKIII paint was thinner and rubbing off.

This you are about to see, is my 40 day old 1D Mark III. :

[PhotoJourno]

You are not alone, I've already posted a complaint that I thought the 1DMKIII paint was thinner and rubbing off.

Absolutely. I had to hike/climb 8000+ ft with my Mk II rubbing against my carabiner rig to get a few light marks on the LCD, and the same on the metal black frame that surrounded it. The wear I posted, was simply from one baseball game, probly walking to or from the car, rubbing against my cotton/poly jacket.

However, not the type of thing canon would -Repaint- new models, or -Replace- them. Those R's are not with the program. Perhaps if we all complained, we could save the hurt to future owners. Did you have a thread here for this issue? Love to see it.

Cheers,

[Grace]

Mines not bad but it makes for a funny story..
Just days after I got my 40D I was 'stalking' my boys in the back yard when I fell backwards the camera busted my lip and I scrathed the camera with my braces! It just made a little scratch but it bugged me none the less! I'll have to see aobut getting a picture up!

[Double Negative]

^ I would pay to see that, LOL. :D

[atch]

That's the way magnesium fails - it rips along the slip lines of the metallic crystalline structure. All metals do this to some degree, but magnesium is more brittle than most other metals.

Which is why ABS plastic, as used in the Rebel bodies, fares much better with this kind of impact.

They make motorcycle crash helmets from ABS. They don't make them from brittle magnesium.

-js

so what's the advantage of a magnesium alloy body then if an ABS plastic can withstand this kind of impact better?

[Dan Lorth]

you can charge more for magnesium alloy than you can for ABS plastic

[Red Dot]

so what's the advantage of a magnesium alloy body then if an ABS plastic can withstand this kind of impact better?
weight.

[FUBAR247]

Not mine but thought I should share it here.:cry:

http://rd.foto.radikal.ru/0708/15/21e1e5172733.jpg

Bit of super glue and gaffa tape it will be as good as new :)

[number six]

so what's the advantage of a magnesium alloy body then if an ABS plastic can withstand this kind of impact better?

Yep, weight. Magnesium is very light and rigid. Unfortunately it's also brittle. Which is why it's not so good for wheels, either.

So-called "mag" wheels are nearly always aluminum. Magnesium wheels are brittle and easily broken by potholes and such which is why they're found only at the racetrack. I'm pretty sure that no magnesium wheel is DOT approved for highway use.

-js

[TeeTee]

Some days I feel I'm treating my camera gear way too harshly. Then I read this thread and it humbles me.

Thanks to those of you that test the sturdiness of our camera gear, willingly or not ;)

[john_crichton]

Isn't lens mount was design to brake off on impact to prevent this kind of damage?

[PhotoJourno]

Isn't lens mount was design to brake off on impact to prevent this kind of damage?

Funny thing, I was just thinking about that. Following the stress line and the actual places where it broke off. Specially on the top, by the Canon Sign, the separating force caused two lines instead of one (creating that lose part of shell).

Though the Camera dies at the instant that the mirror/shutter assembly is moved, it does make me wonder if there is a design issue that causes the mount to break lose, rather than damage the lens mount, or other lens related damage.

I really am not sure they would compromise camera structural stability to do that. If they had, I think we would have many cases of bent body mounts, specially when used with 300 2.8 and bigger lenses.

Just my thoughts. for now.

[TeeTee]

Funny thing, I was just thinking about that. Following the stress line and the actual places where it broke off. Specially on the top, by the Canon Sign, the separating force caused two lines instead of one (creating that lose part of shell).

Though the Camera dies at the instant that the mirror/shutter assembly is moved, it does make me wonder if there is a design issue that causes the mount to break lose, rather than damage the lens mount, or other lens related damage.

I really am not sure they would compromise camera structural stability to do that. If they had, I think we would have many cases of bent body mounts, specially when used with 300 2.8 and bigger lenses.

Just my thoughts. for now.


You make a valid point, however in this case it may have been that the lens was in fact driven into the camera body which would have stress it to a point that resulted in the damage.

In the end it all really depends on the impact. Every little bit can make a huge difference in the end damage, however it's interesting to see that the whole hype about 'metal bodies' being indestructable (specifically the 1D) isn't quite true. More sturdy sure, but hardly indestructable.

Heck my 350D has taken a hell of a lot of bangs and all I worry about is the lens on it really...

[PhotoJourno]

.. it's interesting to see that the whole hype about 'metal bodies' being indestructable (specifically the 1D) isn't quite true. More sturdy sure, but hardly indestructible...


Quite true. I do chat every once in a while with one of the mgrs for the Pro Service Repair in Canon Irvine, and last time we were talking about this, he was telling me about the running tally for the big local rags (Papers, Los Angeles Area) tabs that were runnning simply on camera misuse. Not an operational misuse, but rather constant drops, water submersion (I assume fallen in salt water) and a variety of other problems.

I do believe in the balance of how far you can go to push your gear, but also I must believe in the fine line that could turn my gear into crap as well. I mean it's a calculated risk. If I end up embedded in Iran, and I have 4 AP-owned 1D Bodies, I might just choose to let the camera die to get the money shot, or simply get out of the way of a Buffalo Vehicle, or an RPG.

With my own camera however, I might decide not to take the dive on a traning session, or some west coast paintball competition, specially if I am using my own camera.

But accidents do happen, as shown by that sad photo above, and there is not a thing you can do. Well, you go to the newsroom and say "I need to borrow another one, boss". Or go buy another one. But the loss of the first one, it could be traumatic. If it had happened to me, I would be burying it in the Backyard, full ceremony, just short of being disrespectful to other people's funerals.

Hell, and I'd bring it flowers, or Popular Photography. It would depend. ;)

[TeeTee]

I do believe in the balance of how far you can go to push your gear, but also I must believe in the fine line that could turn my gear into crap as well. I mean it's a calculated risk. If I end up embedded in Iran, and I have 4 AP-owned 1D Bodies, I might just choose to let the camera die to get the money shot, or simply get out of the way of a Buffalo Vehicle, or an RPG.

With my own camera however, I might decide not to take the dive on a traning session, or some west coast paintball competition, specially if I am using my own camera.


This is very true and influences my camera use (or rather abuse) greatly. It's all about whether the shot is worth the risk, and I hope I never make the wrong judgement. It's risk as such which makes me glad for the affordability of the Rebel series ;) (no disrespect to the Rebels, love the cameras)

Also if I was ever given an assignment where my gear is at risk, I better be profiting enough to pay for a replacement or at least my premium hikes. Then again when your primary source of income is photography the gear becomes marginal.

[Nzshrimper]

Okay okay, so I should have blown the dust off it, first.. :lol:

On the filter thread right where the red "L" is, you can see the marks from where the lens hit the concrete and dented, and where I subsequently bent it back into shape :lol:

http://img366.imageshack.us/img366/9504/img4826bz2.jpg

are you naked whilst taking this photo..... ?? :lol:

[Red Dot]

are you naked whilst taking this photo..... ?? :lol:

LOL! see, thats what happens to a lens without protection.

[adblink]

LOL! see, thats what happens to a lens without protection.

looks like a sweet ass shirt tho! haha

[swiftybilko]

This afternoon and went to get something from my car and heard an unpleasant thud.

One leg on my tripod hadn't been locked properly (by me) and the whole lot - 5D + Grip + 500mm f4 L IS fell onto the gritty floor.

The battery grip, King Cobra, and the rubber bit round the end of the lens hood bore the brunt of the damage. I'll post an image if I can bear to.....

All works Ok. Good Canon manufacturing!!

[PhotoJourno]

Holy Crap !!...

Glad stuff is working. Phew !!!

Ghosts of Canonites must be watching over you :)...

[bildeb0rg]

Ouch. Cricket ball 1, lens 0. Lets hope Fixation are as good as everyone says they are...

[ryant35]

This thread is like looking at Rotten.com it's nauseating.

[Dr D]

Here's a couple from last year. I had to check my camera bag (Lowepro Minitrrekker AW) into checked luggage due to the one bag carry on rule last year - my work laptop isn't allowed out of sight due to corporate policy. My gear survived the trip out to Puerto Rico fine with AA, but on the way back with US Airways, I picked up my bag to find out that the TSA lock had been removed and the following damage done to my 70-200 f4L and 10-22.
The 70-200 had the UV filter smashed, with the broken glass scrathing the front element.
http://www.dennis-and-fiona.co.uk/images/gear/20070617-16053534.JPG
The 10-22 was by far the worst, being smashed in half!
http://www.dennis-and-fiona.co.uk/images/gear/20070617-16063535.JPG
My BG-E2 was also broken a massive crack down the body, refusing to power up my 20D. US Air, for the record, denied all responsibility and told me to take a walk. And I did, along with £10K worth of travel every year.

To Canon's credit, they took the lenses back and completely fixed them (it took almost 8 weeks to get the parts from Japan) for the princely sum of £300.

[bsaber]

WOW... Isn't there a rule stating that a person can carry on a bag of camera gear along with one carry on? Or did that change?

[PhotoJourno]

That just made me sick. I had to get up, go check my 70-200 and give it a hug.

Puerto Rico? They play soccer with luggage there?... Geeez!! Maybe it was some of our highly trained /overpaid baggage handlers here in the U.S.

Glad you finally got it working. But I bet it was a sour memory of a vacation.

I gotta go get some air, I feel nauseous now...

[CuriousAustin]

Not mine but thought I should share it here.:cry:

http://rd.foto.radikal.ru/0708/15/21e1e5172733.jpg

:shock: :shock: oh my god!

[PhotoJourno]

Moral of the story is, Eaaaaaasy when you mount that lens. You don't really want to force it.

;)

[Dr D]

WOW... Isn't there a rule stating that a person can carry on a bag of camera gear along with one carry on? Or did that change?

Last year there was (another) terrorism scare, so flights from Britain were restricted to one carry on bag per person. Despite my arguements, I was told to check one bag in or not fly. I didn't realise until I was flying back and saw my gear that from the US you're allowed two bags. I wish the airlines desk in San Juan told me that!

That just made me sick. I had to get up, go check my 70-200 and give it a hug.

Puerto Rico? They play soccer with luggage there?... Geeez!! Maybe it was some of our highly trained /overpaid baggage handlers here in the U.S.

Glad you finally got it working. But I bet it was a sour memory of a vacation.

I gotta go get some air, I feel nauseous now...

I'm not sure what happened, but it looked like someone had definitely opened the bag and had a play around with the gear, possibly even delibrately breaking it. Fortunately, I was travelling for work, so everything was covered with work travel insurance and I didn't have to make a claim to my own personal insurance. Got new for old prices from some of the items so i didn't lose out too much.

[bsaber]

Last year there was (another) terrorism scare, so flights from Britain were restricted to one carry on bag per person. Despite my arguements, I was told to check one bag in or not fly. I didn't realise until I was flying back and saw my gear that from the US you're allowed two bags. I wish the airlines desk in San Juan told me that!


Ah, the UK seems to be going overboard with all this terrorism scare thing.

http://www.infowars.net/articles/june2008/240608beingwatched.htm

[aliflack]

Ah, the UK seems to be going overboard with all this terrorism scare thing.

http://www.infowars.net/articles/june2008/240608beingwatched.htm

Yeah, cos it's not like we've had multiple bomb attacks on our transport infrastructure recently... :eyes

[fishfoto]

Most of my lenses are heavily worn, 'scarred', battered in one way or another. My 400f2.8 looks horrendous, but it works! One of my 1D bodies has no paint on it in 6 places and a few nasty dents and a heavily cracked rear screen.

......I am however away from home today shooting a commercial job. So what do I have with me? My beloved 70-200f2.8L. My companion to the World Series, The Super Bowl, countless days following Presidential Hopefulls, weddings all over the world, Hurricane Katrina, Iraq, and long summer days on the beach with my kids......I decided to quickly toss the 70-200f2.8L out under the lights and snap a few shots of my globe trotting friend.

Photo 1: The lens hood of my Canon 70-200f2.8L is actually a Nikon HN-28 metal screw in lens hood. I hate the Canon hood I'm sure my Canon OEM hood would not have held up as well as the old Nikon metal screw in hood
http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff207/fishfoto/70200f28_lenshood.jpg

Photo 2: The front element of my 70-200f2.8L may have seen better days, but the lens is still razor sharp and serves me well documenting weddings around the world and shoot photos of some of the worlds most brilliant corporate minds
http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff207/fishfoto/70200f28_frontelement.jpg

Photo 3: The rear of my lens takes some hits onces in a while, but the lens is a tank!
http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff207/fishfoto/70200f28_rearoflens.jpg

Photo 4: A well worn lens is a well loved lens!
http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff207/fishfoto/70200f28_bodyoflens.jpg

[Double Negative]

^ Man, that is a well-loved 70-200mm. Kudos!

[Dan Lorth]

that tape is the only thing keeping it together

[ANGUS]

Very nice! Look forward to seeing the 1Ds and 400L

[fishfoto]

that tape is the only thing keeping it together


No , my 70-200f2.8L has some screws ,and there is some Krazy Glue under one of the rubber grips. I have had it rebuilt twice.

[thebizymom]

I don't have a picture but our school was walking to the park last May and I was taking pics of the kids walking and stepped backwards in a hole with one foot... I swung around as I fell holding my new xti up in the air to keep it from hitting the ground the kids and the princepal got a good laugh and they were wishing they had a picture of me! So no damage to the camera lots of damage to my pride... !!

[PhotoJourno]

Fish, this is the first nicely worn lens I have seen in a long time, specially with all the history that seems to be behind it. And it still works. I hope my lens looks and works like that after so many adventures. :)

[SolidxSnake]

Bumping this because it is amazing!

[fishfoto]

.......maybe I'll dig out some of my Nikon glass this week. My Nikkor 28f1.4 AF-D looks like.....well looks like it fell down a flight of stairs in a housing project (with me attached) while shooting a story on narcotics enforcement a in '94. After using it daily until I switched to Canon in 2002 it looks "well loved"

[M24]

Bumping this because it is amazing!

YES, though somewhat hard to see.

-M

[fishfoto]

I had my lights out tonight to shoot part of a project and decided to grab my Nikon F3hp & Nikkor 28f1.4 AF-D off the shelf an toss it on the white backdrop.

My Nikon F3hp has been with me since I think the summer of 1992. Even when I went digital in the mid-90s I usually carried a film body with me as a back up, or to shoot non-deadline images....and of course I still shot some jobs on all film at times until around 1998.

My F3hp has been to hurricanes, floods, riots, presidential campaigns, the United Nation GA Floor, countless NFL and MLB games, fires, car wrecks , 10 commercial airline crashes and spent many months going to work daily in one of the worst housing projects in the United States shooting a story on narcotics enforcement (with the 28f1.4). My F3hp has had a long a full life........and before I owned it, it belonged to the Boston Herald.

The frame counter is stuck on frame #40, aperture priority does not work, no matter what the lighting situation the light meter reads '-' (indicating the shot is under exposed) the flash hot shoe is fried and the camera once fell from the catwalks above the ice at the Olympic Hockey Arena in Lake Placid, New York, in the spring of 1994 (with a 3 day old Nikkor 300f2.8 attached) while being set up as a remote camera.

The camera.......still works and can go to work daily. I want a digital F3hp! (I know, Kodak had made one, I used in the early 90s,it was terrible)

So, here is my well loved Nikon F3hp and 28f1.4 AF-D (can any of you identify the mascot on the grip of the motor drive?)

http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff207/fishfoto/Fish_F3hp_x01.jpg
http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff207/fishfoto/Fish_F3hp_x02.jpg
http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff207/fishfoto/Fish_F3hp_x03.jpg
http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff207/fishfoto/Fish_F3hp_x04.jpg
http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff207/fishfoto/Fish_F3hp_x05.jpg
http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff207/fishfoto/Fish_F3hp_x06.jpg

[PhotoJourno]

Fish, thanks for the contribution. I can't read the brand on the camera, but it sure looks well used through many years. Nice !!...

[PhotoJourno]

These photos are not mine, but they depict the ultimate sacrifice for photographers. Due credit is given to the sources.

[silverhalide]

10 commercial airline crashes

I know you travel a lot, but please tell me that these were events you were covering, rather than flights you were on. If not, could you PM me your flight schedule for the next year or so, you know, just so I know which flights to avoid.

[Double Negative]

Fish, that's awesome.

[fishfoto]

I know you travel a lot, but please tell me that these were events you were covering, rather than flights you were on. If not, could you PM me your flight schedule for the next year or so, you know, just so I know which flights to avoid.


No no no no, I was covering the crashes. I have (luckily) never been in a place crash. Two very 'hard landings' on commercial planes and a US Coast Guard chopper than came down very hard, but no crashes (knock on wood, throw salt over my shoulder and spit in four directions.....did I miss anything for warding off the evil spirits?)

[Nick Pro]

I found my dads G2, so I decided to take a few shots.
1. Yeah. Pretty well used 1D body. 127,959 actuation's and still going strong. Shooting high school stuff defiantly takes a toll on your gear.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3144/2738110461_450fb1ef47.jpg?v=0

2. back of the body
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3062/2738949572_b258cc0afa.jpg?v=0

3. Thats a scratch on the left
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3145/2738949422_fd63a5d2cb.jpg?v=0

4. Taped up so that kids dont say "why is it white!?, wow your Rich, can I use it?"
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3174/2738949310_7074d1cf1d.jpg?v=0

Next upgrade: the Nikon metal hood.

[PhotoJourno]

Nice !!... Truly loved Canon Gear. Brings a tear to my eye.

Thanks for sharing. Oh!!!, may I ask what tape you used for covering the port on the Camera, and around the lens?..

Cheers,

[Keithaba]

Oh, when I get home, I'll post my pics of my lenses and 300D that got to slide down the highway at 70 mph when my motorcycle saddle bag opened!

[Colorblinded]

Looks like it might be gaffers tape.

[Nick Pro]

yeah, just gaffers tape from B&H.

[fishfoto]

I found my dads G2, so I decided to take a few shots.
1. Yeah. Pretty well used 1D body. 127,959 actuation's and still going strong.


Next upgrade: the Nikon metal hood.



Yea, the Nikon HN-28 is the only way to go! I love mine.....but I took mine off my Nikkor 80-200f2.8 AF, then 80-200f2.8 AF-D, then the 80-200f2.8 AF-S, finally onto my Canon 70-200f2.8.

Oh yea, I don't know my exact frame counts but I believe my EOS 1D #1 is 1.5mil frames, EOS 1D #2 is 1.75mil frames, EOS 1Ds #4 is 1.5mil frames

All of them have had a few shutter replacement.....and one of them is pretty much pronounced dead. I'm thinking of holding a funeral, but my wife says no, I can't bury it for environmental reasons.

[Nick Pro]

Yea, the Nikon HN-28 is the only way to go! I love mine.....but I took mine off my Nikkor 80-200f2.8 AF, then 80-200f2.8 AF-D, then the 80-200f2.8 AF-S, finally onto my Canon 70-200f2.8.

Oh yea, I don't know my exact frame counts but I believe my EOS 1D #1 is 1.5mil frames, EOS 1D #2 is 1.75mil frames, EOS 1Ds #4 is 1.5mil frames

All of them have had a few shutter replacement.....and of them is pretty much pronounced dead. I'm thinking of holding a funeral, but my wife says no, I can't bury it for environmental reasons.

Yeah, the OEM hood is already loose, so....

You can send em to me! I will.... Idolize them and pray that they will work! :lol: Seriously though, PM me for my address.

[Milner]

but my wife says no, I can't bury it for environmental reasons.

How about creamation??

[ANGUS]

yeah, just gaffers tape from B&H.

Got a link? Last time i ordered from BH they only listed silver vynl crap.

[fishfoto]

www.tapebrothers.com

[ANGUS]

Thanks Fish but i wanted to tack it onto another BH order to make postage worthwhile.

[Nick Pro]

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/353361-REG/Permacel__Pro_Gaffer_Tape_.html

[ANGUS]

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/353361-REG/Permacel__Pro_Gaffer_Tape_.html

Perfect, Thanks!

[fishfoto]

Thanks Fish but i wanted to tack it onto another BH order to make postage worthwhile.

When you want a big tape order go there. You can find virtually any type of tape you'd like in any colour you want. I love coloured gaffers tape

[ANGUS]

Fish, How deep is the HN28?

[fishfoto]

Angus,

I'll measure it later. It is much shallower than the Canon OEM hood (and takes ay more abuse)

[ANGUS]

Angus,

I'll measure it later. It is much shallower than the Canon OEM hood (and takes ay more abuse)

Thanks, ive just managed to get a 1.5 inch dep generic metal one i will use (Hey it was $10) untill it dies then get the Nikon one.

[fishfoto]

I'm about to get my hands on Canon OEM hood for the 70-200f2.8 (or 28-70f2.8 since it will fit the 70-200f2.8 ) and get it cut down for an experiment. Since I know the Nikon HN-28 length, which is much shorter than the Canon OEM (or new Nikon OEM) works great, I know I don't need the length of he Canon hood.

This 'guinea pig' hood will be cut down to the length of the HN-28.

[FlyingPhotog]

I had my lights out tonight to shoot part of a project and decided to grab my Nikon F3hp & Nikkor 28f1.4 AF-D off the shelf an toss it on the white backdrop.

1994 World Cup Mascot...?

[fishfoto]

Flying,

How much Googling did that take you to find out which mascot that was?

The 94 World Cup was the first time I used the Canon bodies.The 1nRS. I didn't realize that it was 10fps with no mirror black-out ,killed a dozen rolls of film and brought the body back to CPS thinking it was broken!

I shot the rest of the games on the FA, F3, F4 bodies :0)

[FlyingPhotog]

Flying,

How much Googling did that take you to find out which mascot that was?

The 94 World Cup was the first time I used the Canon bodies.The 1nRS. I didn't realize that it was 10fps with no mirror black-out ,killed a dozen rolls of film and brought the body back to CPS thinking it was broken!

I shot the rest of the games on the FA, F3, F4 bodies :0)

No Google required sir...

I'll always have a very fond place in my heart (and my wallet) for that World Cup. I probably had my very best "Effort to Paycheck" ratio for one game in particular played at the old Pontiac Silver Dome outside Detroit.

Showed up at 6am for 1pm game (fairly normal...) and at 12:59:58:00 I pushed play to roll the open animation for (IIRC) the British feed we were hired for and...

I was done for the day.

No other tape elements and no replays either (as these came from the World Feed in a different truck...) so I went down to field level for the first half, and watched the second half from what would have normally been an announce booth on the mezzanine level.

When the game was over, we struck our gear and went home. Full day's pay for roughly 20 seconds worth of work. :)

Oh yes, I remember the '94 World Cup...

[Vascilli]

...Surely someone has more to add to this thread?

[ryant35]

No picture, but a slipped on a hill yesterday with my camera and my brand new 580EXii got a nudge and now the hot shoe mount is loose and the flash leans to the left. I'll drop it off at Canon tomorrow after work...

[Nouks]

Nice thread. I'll take some photos of my dead 20D soon. It fell on a concrete floor yesterday. Lens hood of the 85 F1.8 is nice aswell (but I can fix that myself). Too bad I can't take a photo of my 20D's behaviour. Maybe I'll make a movie of it with my cell phone...

[mikekelley]

And I thought the 2mm scratch on the focus ring of my lens was bad...lol!

[airfrogusmc]

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y118/airfrogusmc/Cameras/IMG_9352.jpg

Just wear....Tens of thousands of frames and wear....

[PhotoJourno]

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y118/airfrogusmc/Cameras/IMG_9352.jpg

Just wear....Tens of thousands of frames and wear....

Ohhhh... What every camera dreams to display... Very nice...

[flayzeraynx]

Not mine but thought I should share it here.:cry:

http://rd.foto.radikal.ru/0708/15/21e1e5172733.jpg


brrr!! it's like a scene from a horror movie!

[flayzeraynx]

Ouch. Cricket ball 1, lens 0. Lets hope Fixation are as good as everyone says they are...

same problem here.. how did you fix that crushed ares on front of the lens?

[an33sh]

http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff207/fishfoto/Fish_F3hp_x02.jpg
http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff207/fishfoto/Fish_F3hp_x03.jpg

http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff207/fishfoto/Fish_F3hp_x05.jpg
http://i242.photobucket.com/albums/ff207/fishfoto/Fish_F3hp_x06.jpg

Now that's the proper way to use a camera...Nice one mate!

[jack lumber]

No picture, but a slipped on a hill yesterday with my camera and my brand new 580EXii got a nudge and now the hot shoe mount is loose and the flash leans to the left. I'll drop it off at Canon tomorrow after work...

This is an easy diy fix.


http://www.conraderb.com/flashrepair/

[asysin2leads]

No picture, but a slipped on a hill yesterday with my camera and my brand new 580EXii got a nudge and now the hot shoe mount is loose and the flash leans to the left. I'll drop it off at Canon tomorrow after work...

I had the same issue when I dropped my MkIIn and 580EX II off a table onto concrete. I ordered the part (the bottom piece of the flash w/ the hotshoe) and installed it myself. Took me about 2 minutes. The wires plug/unplug very easy.

[ryant35]

I had the same issue when I dropped my MkIIn and 580EX II off a table onto concrete. I ordered the part (the bottom piece of the flash w/ the hotshoe) and installed it myself. Took me about 2 minutes. The wires plug/unplug very easy.

My flash was only a couple of months old so I took it Canon and they fixed it in 4 days under warranty. I also live only 10 minutes from their Irvine Service Center.

So no problem. When my 430EX hot shoe broke I did go online and buy a new one and fix it myself.

[Cosha]

Great Thread Guys! :D