Red
4th of July 2005 (Mon), 06:44
It may sound like a sappy, hippy sentiment, but the wind really can change things.
On a day when I had 3 shoots to do, I was shooting outdoors in some rather harsh lighting that was making it really hard to see anything on LCDs. This meant a lot of take card out, put in Espsom, find shade to check shot. I like to talk to the models and catch them with off-guard natural expressions, so I use a tripod and remote a lot.
One time when I was hunkering in the shade conflabbing with Ian on the need for reflector adjustment one of the guys who came with one of the models came over to me with a very worried look on his face, and my camera attached to the tripod still, but half the lens in his hand!
A gust of wind had knocked the tripod over and it had gone down face first. Luckily it was the nifty fifty, so it's cheap to replace. It was also the last shot of the day, and Ian kindly let me use his 1D, before I even asked (top man). Remember him making a comment at the start of the day about how I should move over to hand-held. Seems more significant now!
The back half of the lens is stuck on the camera and will only rotate half way to where it should. Camera still operates and takes shots with the front half of the lens hald in place, so no mirror damage, and I'll be checking the pics for sensor damage.
Anyone with repair places that have a quick turnaround would be helpful!
http://www.pixelsstudios.com/brokenlens.jpg
On a day when I had 3 shoots to do, I was shooting outdoors in some rather harsh lighting that was making it really hard to see anything on LCDs. This meant a lot of take card out, put in Espsom, find shade to check shot. I like to talk to the models and catch them with off-guard natural expressions, so I use a tripod and remote a lot.
One time when I was hunkering in the shade conflabbing with Ian on the need for reflector adjustment one of the guys who came with one of the models came over to me with a very worried look on his face, and my camera attached to the tripod still, but half the lens in his hand!
A gust of wind had knocked the tripod over and it had gone down face first. Luckily it was the nifty fifty, so it's cheap to replace. It was also the last shot of the day, and Ian kindly let me use his 1D, before I even asked (top man). Remember him making a comment at the start of the day about how I should move over to hand-held. Seems more significant now!
The back half of the lens is stuck on the camera and will only rotate half way to where it should. Camera still operates and takes shots with the front half of the lens hald in place, so no mirror damage, and I'll be checking the pics for sensor damage.
Anyone with repair places that have a quick turnaround would be helpful!
http://www.pixelsstudios.com/brokenlens.jpg