Is there a problem sitting your camera on the floor?

I have always heard don't leave a battery on the floor. Like, a car battery cause it will drain the battery... Does this got the same for my camera? Because, I for one lay my camera on the floor instead of leaving it on a table or something and risk getting it knocked over...

Just a question... NOOB...

No.
That advice is
for large lead-acid batteries
that are being stored
for a length of time.
I don't see any correlation.

No, there's no problem with that whatsoever (unless someone steps on or trips over your camera).

Mark

Thanks =D

rowdyred94 wrote in post #3936938
No.
That advice is
for large lead-acid batteries
that are being stored
for a length of time.
I don't see any correlation.

Actually, it's not true for lead-acid batteries either. It was popular "knowledge" that batteries on a concrete floor would discharge faster than on a wood floor or table.

About 20 years ago a car magazine (I think Car & Driver (sometimes called Car & Social Commentary)) did a test.

Their conclusion: no difference at room temperatures. They found, however, that at freezing temperatures the battery stored on the concrete had a lower charge until it warmed up - this was because the concrete conducts heat better than wood and therefore sucked the heat out of the battery more effectively. A cold battery has less capacity than a warm battery.

None of which has any effect on our camera batteries...

-js

ok cool!

My only concern would be static from a carpet damaging the card or camera.

chabooky386,
Hopefully your floor is clean

John_B wrote in post #3937263
chabooky386,
Hopefully your floor is clean

Oh yeah that is a MUST for me... I hate a dirty floor...

Like Mark said, my only concern would be the chances of tripping over it if it lays on the floor, or something falling on it. When not in use, I always store my cameras in their gear bag.

Next to the camera bag, floor is the safest place to put your camera temporarily, when you are on the go.

The only problem I have experienced with this concept was my dog, who has more than once been caught in the attempt to mark the camera as his own property..

Hermeto wrote in post #3937368
Next to the camera bag, floor is the safest place to put your camera temporarily, when you are on the go.

I sometimes place it on my bed, surrounded by other junk (folded clothes, etc.) to make sure no one sits on it. Or leave it on the pillow, I guess.

Hermeto wrote in post #3937368
Next to the camera bag, floor is the safest place to put your camera temporarily, when you are on the go.

The only problem I have experienced with this concept was my dog, who has more than once been caught in the attempt to mark the camera as his own property..

Yeah i would see where the problem is there...

If it's a 1 series, I wonder if the weathersealing would work against hmm, such an accident...

Hermeto wrote in post #3937368
The only problem I have experienced with this concept was my dog, who has more than once been caught in the attempt to mark the camera as his own property..

Yeah - my first thought was "this guy doesn't have cats".

-js