Ever drop your camera

[RiderOnTheStorm]

IF so how did it fair?

I forgot to zip up my bag yesterday and the camera fell out onto the Tile floor. Fortunately, the lens hood absorbed most of the shock, and there is no damage that I can notice. Took several test shots and all seems well. Should there be anything I should look at or check?

[digirebelva]

When I did mine, had to get the shutter replaced..:(

[KayakPhotos]

When I first got my 40D I put the neck strap on wrong. I stood up with the camera, the straps came off and the camera with the 28-135 lens fell onto my kitchen floor. I was really worried, but both came out without a scratch. I was impressed.

[RiderOnTheStorm]

When I did mine, had to get the shutter replaced..:(

Ouch!

[Invertalon]

No, but it's all insured if ever!

Peace of mind... :D

[dustyporch]

Touch wood, I haven't dropped my XTi ever... and I would like to keep it that way!

[binliner]

Mine broke the remote shutter release socket (it landed on it with the remote plugged in) being fixed as we speak

[Mike]

I dropped my 430ex onto concrete last year - it fell out of the trigger it was sitting in. One of the screw mountings inside was broken and rattly so I unscrewed it, smothered it with superglue and did it all back up. It works fine but I will replace it at some stage for peace of mind!

[asysin2leads]

IF so how did it fair?

I forgot to zip up my bag yesterday and the camera fell out onto the Tile floor. Fortunately, the lens hood absorbed most of the shock, and there is no damage that I can notice. Took several test shots and all seems well. Should there be anything I should look at or check?

Dropped my MkIIn, 24-105 and 580EX II onto a concrete floor from about 4 feet. I had to replace the hot shoe mount on the flash, but that was it. No other issues.

No, but it's all insured if ever!

Peace of mind... :D

Yep. I have insurance and hope I never have to use it.

[Thalagyrt]

Mine fell out of my car onto the asphalt recently when I was getting a bag out and hit the floor pretty hard. It just has a minor scratch on the area around the battery compartment, other than that it's fine. I freaked out at first but when I picked it up and looked at it I was less worried, and when I fired off a few shots I wasn't worried at all. Pro bodies are built like tanks. :D

[vinnie6756]

Can't say I have...but once at Disney World, a family I was walking behind decided to let their youngster carry their DSLR (unsure of model) and if it wasn't bad enough that he dropped it, he accidentally kicked it right when it hit the ground.

[blackhawk]

IF so how did it fair?

Took several test shots and all seems well. Should there be anything I should look at or check?


Ha-ha, careful as you try to be, it happens! Even a few inches can cause a lot of damage!:rolleyes:

Check to see if the red focusing target is still in alignment... your not out of the woods even then as only time will tell. You may have got a "freebie" as sometimes the hood will soak up most of the impact.

Always tether your cam to the bag or better yet a high point on your chest when carrying your bag... rethink your methods of securing it. Don't allow this to happen again!

[RiderOnTheStorm]

Ha-ha, careful as you try to be, it happens! Even a few inches can cause a lot of damage!:rolleyes:

Check to see if the red focusing target is still in alignment... your not out of the woods even then as only time will tell. You may have got a "freebie" as sometimes the hood will soak up most of the impact.

Always tether your cam to the bag or better yet a high point on your chest when carrying your bag... rethink your methods of securing it. Don't allow this to happen again!

Yes, I've taken extra precautions to ensure that it won't happen again.

How can you tell if the red focusing target is still in alignment? Does that mean the red dot is still within the square of the AF point? If so, mine is in good shape.

[wildland]

I had a tripod blown over by a thunderstorm gust front last summer with my Pentax K20D on it (stupid me to leave it unattended for a moment)... camera was on a battery grip, which was destroyed and that seemed to absorb most of the force. The lens sustained some internal damage, but kept working except for a sticky spot in the manual focusing, the body escaped almost entirely unscathed, 'cept for micro cracking around the tripod mount (where the battery grip was attached). It was a bad deal, but it could easily have been worse.

[blackhawk]

Yes, I've taken extra precautions to ensure that it won't happen again.

How can you tell if the red focusing target is still in alignment? Does that mean the red dot is still within the square of the AF point? If so, mine is in good shape.

Yeah. and it should be in the same place when view in ZB or DPP as when the shot was made.
Looks like you got lucky:D

[RiderOnTheStorm]

Yeah. and it should be in the same place when view in ZB or DPP as when the shot was made.
Looks like you got lucky:D

Yeah definitely lucky, thanks for the tips

[yogestee]

Yep,,dropped a Nikon F off a crane track onto a roll of conveyor belting then onto a concrete floor.. Battered and bruised but still works..

Also dropped a Nikon F4 off a 30 metre cliff while photographing a cliff rescue.. That time the Nikon was totally destroyed.. Funnily my Nikon was stretchered upto clifftop by the rescue team along with the patient:lol::lol:

In 11 years I've never dropped a DSLR..

[RiderOnTheStorm]

Yep,,dropped a Nikon F off a crane track onto a roll of conveyor belting then onto a concrete floor.. Battered and bruised but still works..

Also dropped a Nikon F4 off a 30 metre cliff while photographing a cliff rescue.. That time the Nikon was totally destroyed.. Funnily my Nikon was stretchered upto clifftop by the rescue team along with the patient:lol::lol:

In 11 years I've never dropped a DSLR..


Sad for the camera, but funny that it was rescued by the team....LOL

I'm normally not a clumsy person....however stuff like this happens....

[Dinoman]

Ever noticed how the only time cameras get dropped is when they can conveniently land on the hardest surface? I'm almost convinced if you were walking in the forest with nice soft pine needles on the ground and you dropped your camera, it'd land square on the only rock for 10 miles. :D

I've never dropped any of my DSLRs, many years ago I dropped a Canon A80 from about 4ft onto a linoleum floor. Had it in a breast pocket of my jacket and bent over for something, didn't phase it a bit.

[yogestee]

Ever noticed how the only time cameras get dropped is when they can conveniently land on the hardest surface?

Or in water..

[blackhawk]

Or in water..

or another expensive cam is directly below it...

[ryant35]

I dropped my 20D when I was carrying 2 bodies, it hit on the hood and I caught it on the bounce. Everything was fine, except for the fact I was in a crowd of there photographers at a race and the combined gasp could be heard as everybody turn to see my kneeling basket catching my camera. Apparently everybody can identify the sound of a camera hitting the ground over anything else.

[freelanser]

I invested in a card reader real quick after this.

Prior to having a card reader I used to plug the camera into the computer to get photos from camera,
so it was on the computer desk with the cord dangling down, and I spun around in my computer chair
to get something and my foot caught the wire and it pulled the camera off the desk and onto the
( luckily ) carpeted floor.

[elysium]

Ive dropped WITH my Canon 1D+300L down a steep hill at a dragstrip.

300L dug into the ground creating a circular hole and a cylinder worth of mud inside the lens. Camera grip hit my in the jaw. Camera/lens were fine after a clean. Jaw and mouth took a good two months to recover. :)

[neilwood32]

I dropped my 20D when I was carrying 2 bodies, it hit on the hood and I caught it on the bounce. Everything was fine, except for the fact I was in a crowd of there photographers at a race and the combined gasp could be heard as everybody turn to see my kneeling basket catching my camera. Apparently everybody can identify the sound of a camera hitting the ground over anything else.

I think that is an inbuilt reaction from photographers for a number of reasons:
1) Was that my gear? Phew, no it wasnt.
2) Who's was it? Do I know them?
3) I wonder whats broken.
4) Can I take a photo of it?

:D

[blackhawk]

Ive dropped WITH my Canon 1D+300L down a steep hill at a dragstrip.

300L dug into the ground creating a circular hole and a cylinder worth of mud inside the lens. Camera grip hit my in the jaw. Camera/lens were fine after a clean. Jaw and mouth took a good two months to recover. :)

ouch! Never lrt it be said that you don't put your money where your mouth is....:cool:

Cams hurt if they slam into you... now that you put it that way, just dropping a cam seems rather painless!

[tomjd]

Techincally didn't drop it, but mis-stepped going from the house to the garage and fell with my 20D with a 70-300 on it.....it broke my fall...and the lens snapped off the camera leaving the mounting ring of the lens still on the camera. Paid about $300 to get the shutter replaced in the camera and even thought I told Canon that it had been dropped, they fixed the lens under warrenty.

[photoguy6405]

I dropped my 10D once... really stupid thing on my part, too... from about 8 ft onto a concrete surface. It landed on the back corner and I was EXTREMELY lucky that it got only a couple scratches and has always worked perfectly fine since. That was 3 years ago.

I was aware when it started to fall, and it was like those scenes you see in the movies where the world starts moving in slow motion and I watched it fall all the way to the ground... all the while not being able to catch it... and when it hit, the world sped back up to normal speed.

[The Hard Way]

I dropped my 40D from my tripod onto asphalt, about 2 feet. The 16-35mm broke off the camera at the mount and was only held on by a ribbon of wires, one was torn. The battery grip was cracked and useless and the lens took $150 to fix. I considered myself lucky, especially when I first looked down and saw the guts of the lens. Coincidentally, that was the day I bought my 10-22mm because I had a shoot scheduled for the next day.

[eeeksNYC]

my gripped 5D hit hard floor at Bobby Flay's Burger Joint...The Boy was spinning around on his stool and hooked the strap, sending the camera with 50mm 1.8 mk1 to the ground...the grip took the brunt of the fall and a bit scratched, but the camera/lens/grip combo works just fine...

*touch wood*

[Moose408]

The day after I purchased my 5DmkII, I had in the bag in the back of the trunk and the back was not zipped all the way. Put the bag on my back and the camera fell out. Fell 5 feet onto the concrete driveway. I was mortified, it was less than 24 hours old.

Ended up with just a small scratch on the body. Still working great.

[The Hard Way]

The day after I purchased my 5DmkII, I had in the bag in the back of the trunk and the back was not zipped all the way. Put the bag on my back and the camera fell out. Fell 5 feet onto the concrete driveway. I was mortified, it was less than 24 hours old.

Ended up with just a small scratch on the body. Still working great.
I bet you watched it fall the last two feet in slow motion.:) That was a lucky break.

[elysium]

ouch! Never lrt it be said that you don't put your money where your mouth is....:cool:

Cams hurt if they slam into you... now that you put it that way, just dropping a cam seems rather painless!
Spot on! Lets just say, when I go back to that venue, I wont be trying to get down that hill again either.

[Comerfjc]

Dropped my 24-70 F2.8L today. Bag wasn't shut properly, fell out. Heard that sickening crackling sound you get when glass shatters... turns out, only the filter broke! I cleared away the broken glass and was able to continue with the shoot. :) Seems like it functions just fine.

Still gotta send it into the repair center, though. The metal ring from the filter got dented and is now stuck on there.

[CombatCamera13]

I have dropped one camera in my photo life. It was a Canon 20D. The lens (16-35L took the blow. Broke it right off the body. I also had a customer bump into my D2x but I won't bring that up in a Canon forum. haha. Let's just say it didn't hold up as good as the Canon.

[Comerfjc]

I have dropped one camera in my photo life. It was a Canon 20D. The lens (16-35L took the blow. Broke it right off the body. I also had a customer bump into my D2x but I won't bring that up in a Canon forum. haha. Let's just say it didn't hold up as good as the Canon.

Dang, that hurt just to read.

[CombatCamera13]

Yeah, I think I would have rather had the camera broke not the lens. Later down the road the 20D died. After just about 1,005,600 captures the camera just wanted to sleep. And it does as a paper weight on my desk. :)

[renegade]

I came off an 8ft ladder the wrong way, put my hands out to stop my fall, my 1Dm3 took most of the force in my right hand on the concrete. It has some beauty battle scars on it, this was just another. The cam was fine - didn't even bother it, I lost some skin etc, bit of blood leaking out, no big deal.
Not first time - wont be the last.

[blackhawk]

Dropped my 24-70 F2.8L today. Bag wasn't shut properly, fell out. Heard that sickening crackling sound you get when glass shatters... turns out, only the filter broke! I cleared away the broken glass and was able to continue with the shoot. :) Seems like it functions just fine.

Still gotta send it into the repair center, though. The metal ring from the filter got dented and is now stuck on there.

The 24-70L is a tough lense and will take a good hit...

Filters soak up impacts and many times prevent damage to lens completely. It's hard for people to believe that, but once you see it happen, you like using filters a lot more.
1- Heliopan DOA from scratches
1- Helio shattered from direct impact with concrete block shard.
1- Helio shattered/deformed from fall.

The L lens they were protecting suffered no damage, not even a scratch. They also retained their calibration, although they were checked after the falls.

[JWright]

There's only two kinds of photographers... Those that have dropped a camera or those who are going to drop a camera. If you stay with this endeavor for very long, the odds are in favor of you dropping a camera. How seriously the camera is damaged remains to be seen.

I once knocked a camera with a flash attached off my desk onto a carpeted floor. The foot snapped off the flash and bent the hot shoe on the camera. Needless to say, both had to go in for repair.

[Todd Lambert]

All duly noted... sticky list created for the buy/sell forums.

Just sayin... ;-)

[mcruzer82]

I have a lowepro slingshot and didn't buckle the shoulder strap all the way before putting it on and dropped the bag on the street. I thought everything would be ok since the bag is padded but it was not the case. I had my 100 2.8 macro on my 5D and the lens broke off of it's mount. The mount was still attached to the 5D which was fine. Cost me almost $200 to repair the lens. Customer service says it happens all the time though. Ever since then I've been extra careful with everything. I guess i'm luck the body was ok.

[blackhawk]

There's only two kinds of photographers... Those that have dropped a camera or those who are going to drop a camera. If you stay with this endeavor for very long, the odds are in favor of you dropping a camera. How seriously the camera is damaged remains to be seen.

I once knocked a camera with a flash attached off my desk onto a carpeted floor. The foot snapped off the flash and bent the hot shoe on the camera. Needless to say, both had to go in for repair.

How true, my 5D kissed a concrete wall today when it slipped from where I nest it when shooting in the sling. Fortunately it was tethered, unfortunately it left a small gouge on the rear panel, but no functional damage. ha-ha, didn't phase me, I tighten up my act and had a great shoot.
That RP was the one I replaced a year ago, grrrrrrr...

The Canon flash foots are designed to break away, too bad it got your hot shoe too... the flash foots are relatively easy to repair yourself, and cheap ($6 I think). If a cam lands on the flash, even lightly, the foot usually snaps off.

For anyone who thinks they're immune to gravity and chance... just keep dreaming, and don't get a motorcycle. :p
Fate is waiting for everyone, at one of the bends in the road ahead.

[photoguy6405]

All duly noted... sticky list created for the buy/sell forums.

Just sayin... ;-)
Buzzkill. :lol:

[400dabuser]

Haven't dropped my camera, though I have dropped my flashgun and the Tamron lens I have, both faired well, though the lens was dropped from a higher position than the flashgun

[sam walker]

My S2Is hit the ground and broke I didn't drop it I had it around my neck when I stepped out of the car.I got a fery sick feeling as I stood up. I felt the strap slip over my skin. Then the thud on the asphalt. $200 repair.Easy to avoid The end of the strap slipped the plastic buckle. It likely slipped little by little until it reached the tail. Nylon gripping a vinyl buckle just isn't secure. Afterv the repair was made Iused coat threadto stitch the tails to the working part. Do it on all of them now. IfI ever need to remove the strap I'll resew it.
Sam

[JWright]

For anyone who thinks they're immune to gravity and chance... just keep dreaming, and don't get a motorcycle. :p
Fate is waiting for everyone, at one of the bends in the road ahead.

I've got two of those and have had at least one continuously since 1975... I paraphrased the old motorcycle adage about how "there are two types of motorcycle riders; those that have gone down and those that are going to go down..." I'm in the former category... Several times.

[blackhawk]

I've got two of those and have had at least one continuously since 1975... I paraphrased the old motorcycle adage about how "there are two types of motorcycle riders; those that have gone down and those that are going to go down..." I'm in the former category... Several times.

Ha-ha, not saying anything bad about bikes. Cams seem to just tempt the gods, gets it they both hit the same funny bone... in the gods that is.

[frankchn]

Seems like most Canon lenses are designed to break at or near the mount so the optical assembly remains intact. Guess it is easier and cheaper to fix a broken mount and replace some data ribbons than to rebuild the lens.

[tim]

I've probably dropped all of my cameras at one time or other. Most recently my new 7D fell off the tripod onto concrete, it needs the AF system realigned and part of the shell replace, cost US$350. The 17-55 attached was totaled. The 17-55 I dropped a couple of years ago was also totaled. I've dropped 40D's a few times, they usually survive fine.

Lucky I have insurance, I pay quite a bit for it but it's worth it.

Now I have two broken 17-55's (and one working) I wonder if I have enough parts to make a working one. Probably not.

[ryant35]

I've probably dropped all of my cameras at one time or other. Most recently my new 7D fell off the tripod onto concrete, it needs the AF system realigned and part of the shell replace, cost US$350. The 17-55 attached was totaled. The 17-55 I dropped a couple of years ago was also totaled. I've dropped 40D's a few times, they usually survive fine.

Lucky I have insurance, I pay quite a bit for it but it's worth it.

Now I have two broken 17-55's (and one working) I wonder if I have enough parts to make a working one. Probably not.

Your lucky there isn't a Camera Protective Services, because if there was your cameras would be in foster care until you prove to be a fit owner and stop dropping them.

[tim]

Your lucky there isn't a Camera Protective Services, because if there was your cameras would be in foster care until you prove to be a fit owner and stop dropping them.

Yeah. When your cameras are just tools and you use them to make a living things are bound to happen occasionally. Only 3 semi-serious droppings in 6 years isn't bad, given i've photographed maybe 110 weddings and probably shot 150,000+ photos in that time.

One annoying time was when I put my camera down and walked away, forgetting that the battery pack in my pocket was still connected to the flash. Oops! Camera fell off the table in the old barn we were taking photos in.

[clipper_from_oz]

Dropped mine (5dMkII/ 100-400L) over Christmas while visiting Uluru in Outback Australia. Dropped it from about 3ft off concrete ground in a coffee shop!~. In the 40 years Ive been doing photography this is the very first time!. I was sick in the stomach as I saw it fall off the top of my camera bag on the chair it was placed on. The lens took the major impact. Everything ok except for new 100-400 lens which had a bent filter edge and lost some thread on the black plastic filter thread on the lens above the outer element. What worries me more now is the lens seems softer. Ive tested it and it seemed ok but when I went back and repeated same test a day later the lens was out. May need to get Canon to look at it

[tim]

Any time any equipment is dropped it should probably be calibrated again.

[neonlazer]

My dad's 30yr old tripod head snapped off with my xsi and 70-300 is on it..only came out with a few scratches on the xsi..filters rock :)

[Karl Johnston]

My 5D fell from a height of 13 feet, recently.

I caught it fortunately, though even if I didn't it would've landed in the snow...cushion lol.

[punisher660]

What needs to be calibrated on the camera? It just so happens that lastnight my zipper on my sling bag was open, and wouldn't you know it - my T2i attached to my EF 24-135 slam onto the tile floor. The lens is toast - taking it to repair center for estimate. I tested the camera body with my kit lens, and everything seems to be ok, is there something I should check?

The 24-135 had something come loose inside and scratched the heck out of a lens internally - wondering how spendy this will be. :~(>:(

[ryant35]

The calibration is done in the lens by tech support, so send in your 24-135 and see if it's worth fixing.

[Tony_Stark]

I have never dropped my camera but I have bumped it twice. Once I lifted my camera off a table to bring it towards me but the neck strap snagged on the table and crashed back down. My Nifty split open and started freaking out. But I was able to push everything back together. Second time was a few days ago when I banged my camera against the door sill walking out of house :P

[Patrick]

I've never dropped any cameras. Everything's insured but I'm still pretty anal about my gear. I always slap the covers on the body or lens as soon as they are disconnected from each other. :)

[GwagDesigns]

I was out shooting one day a while back and when I went to get back into my car I put my 30D on top of my car, got in, and drove off. The road I was driving on where it was later recovered by a local boat repairman I was going about 30mph. Apart from the cheap tamron lens I currently had attached being destroyed, camera survived with nothing more than some dings on the back left corner (ideal contact point) and it still works fine. :D Canon = Tank

[riverdog1]

knock on wood..not yet, always use a neckstrap or tripod as much as possible.