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Old 22nd of April 2012 (Sun)   #16
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It was attached to his camera, so much leverage on the foot!
Add the weight of the body, grip, 2 batteries, and the 70-200 and hitting at the right angle. I'm sure glad I'm a firm believer in lens hoods.
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Add the weight of the body, grip, 2 batteries, and the 70-200 and hitting at the right angle. I'm sure glad I'm a firm believer in lens hoods.
We just picked up a 35/2 lens and are looking into hoods for it.
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Its not really worth it to claim insurance on it. I think I had mine fixed locally with a new foot for $70.
Think bigger, not just this, camera insurance in general
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It was attached to his camera, so much leverage on the foot!
my bad - I forgot people still use these on-camera!!
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my bad - I forgot people still use these on-camera!!
Yep, one on camera and one off camera.

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Yup, always have backups.

I dropped my brand new skyport at yesterday's wedding... and this is what happened.


The version 1 skyports were much tougher. I dropped them a million times and they never broke. This one took only one fall to smash into pieces. Not impressed.

I think I drop something at every wedding.

At the previous wedding to this, I accidentally kicked my 1Dsmk3/50L/pocketwizard. It bounced across stone flooring about 7 ft. The pocketwizard foot snapped right off, but the lens and body were fine.

It just happens as a working pro. Who has time to baby their gear while on the job?
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At the previous wedding to this, I accidentally kicked my 1Dsmk3/50L/pocketwizard. It bounced across stone flooring about 7 ft. The pocketwizard foot snapped right off, but the lens and body were fine.

It just happens as a working pro. Who has time to baby their gear while on the job?
Did you get a running start?

Exactly, they build roadcases tough for a reason!
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Yup, always have backups.

I dropped my brand new skyport at yesterday's wedding... and this is what happened.


The version 1 skyports were much tougher. I dropped them a million times and they never broke. This one took only one fall to smash into pieces. Not impressed.
nothing a little bit of duct tape couldn't fix
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Did you get a running start?

Exactly, they build roadcases tough for a reason!
Haha, nope. It's amazing how far they can go without much force.

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nothing a little bit of duct tape couldn't fix
I tried snapping it back together. No dice. It needs to be glued or something.
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Haha, nope. It's amazing how far they can go without much force.



I tried snapping it back together. No dice. It needs to be glued or something.
Are you done with the Cactus v5s?
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There is a lot of good advice about having backup equipment because you never know when something will happen. I was doing a portrait session using one 580 exii off camera and one 580 exii on camera as master. I set my camera down on a bench to make an adjustment. Picked it back up and the strap caught on a slat and pulled it out of my hand. Thankfully, it didn't fall far and this was the only damage. Put the good one on and bounced it off a reflector. Calling Canon Monday morning.
Thats why I dont like using straps either
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Are you done with the Cactus v5s?
Cactus V5? Did I miss something? I've never used them
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Cactus V5? Did I miss something? I've never used them
You are right. I was thinking about someone else.
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Switched from Skyports to Phottix Strato II a while ago. 100% reliable and uses AAA batteries. No cords if mounting to flashes, and they have adapters for other uses.
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I switched from Skyports to 600ex-rt's. Even easier .
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