I Dropped My Camera!

Yesterday I was about to take some photos at the Fire Dept. where I work, and I thought my camera was securely attached to my tripod, but as I tilted the tripod to extend the legs, my camera fell off. It fell from about waist high and landed on concrete. As far as I could tell, the edge of the lens hit first. I did still have the lens cover on and I don't see any damage. After I looked the camera over, took a few deep breaths, and turned it on; it seems that everything is fine.

I was wondering if there is any reason for me to send it in to have it checked out? Like I said it seems to be fine. I took about 15 photos after the incident, and they seem to be as good as the ones before. It's just that I've only had this camera about a month and a half and this is my first DSLR. If there could be something wrong that I can't see, I'd rather go ahead and get it fixed.

Any suggestions? I'm I just paranoid?

Oh, it's a 60D with the EF-S 18-135

I'm glad to hear the 60D bounces well. I wouldn't fix something that's not broken.

If your images are fine, then I wouldn't send it in. Most DSLRs are tougher than most folks think

If everything seems to function well, save yourself the trouble. Members on this board drop their cameras way too often, just brush off the dust and keep on shooting.

Surprised the plastic body didn't shatter into a million pieces!! !

Good to hear she survived! I'd save yourself the trouble and not bother sending it in if everything seems okay.

yep...if everything appears normal - it probably is.

Sorry to hear that.

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I dropped a camera some years ago and at first it seemed to survive, only to stop a number of shots later (loose connection?). I would suggest that whilst you are probably ok you blast off some shots to make sure it will keep working. Go and point it at something (anything) and blast off 40-50 shots if its still ok, then you can be more confident it survived its fall which hopefully it has

As others have stated keep shooting and keep an eye on her. These things are tougher than most think.

Stay safe bro.

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Suggestions? Yeah, be more careful #1, #2 you might want to wrap your strap around the tripod in some fashion to reduce the likelihood so if the body came loose from the head, the camera might dangle and not hit the concrete!

Think ahead and safeguard your gear from damage!

dave

You didn't mention if you had a filter on the lens. If you did you may want to check that it unscrews with no problems. If you didn't have a filter you may want to try one. Just to check that there's no damage to the threads.

Because I am super paranoid, if I ever dropped one of my cameras like that I would send it in and have them check to make sure all is well.

That being said, how did you have the camera mounted to the tripod? If youre using a quick release system, which one are you using?

I would not be worried, if the camera is working.. just put in the bag for the next photo shoot.

Check out this video http://www.youtube.com​/watch?v=D1tTBncIsm8 I was very impressed how tough "entry level" dslr can be

I dropped my original Digital Rebel from about waste height onto concrete at an airport in Australia about 6 years ago. It sustained a few scratches on the bottom corner of the camera body, but it has worked perfectly ever since. I now have a 60D, and it is much better built, so I don't think you will have any problems at all.

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Surprised the plastic body didn't shatter into a million pieces!! !

Actually, polycarbonate plastic is a much better material for a camera body than magnesium.

Magnesium is very stiff but also very brittle and cracks or shatters with a relatively small impact.

Polycarbonate (as used in the 60D and the Rebels) flexes with an impact and is very difficult to crack.

That's why they make motorcycle helmets from polycarbonate. They never make them from magnesium.

-js