Seeing this almost made me cry...

Quite impressive that the lens appears to be largely undamaged, ripping the mount almost clean off the (metal) camera body.
 
I thought it was going to be some HDR at first :p

But ouch!

(goes off to stroke lovely, working camera :D)
 
I still love Joe Mcnally's D2x....

d2x.jpg


http://www.joemcnally.com/blog/2009/02/11/random-thoughtsthings-i-find-odd-or-interesting/
 
well.. i fell today on a shoot....TWICE!!!! no damage first time,,,,,second time fell and took a piece out off camera(still working thankfully) but sore ribs and back.....
 
How did that happen :eek: those magnesium alloy bodies do not break easily!
 
Judging by the carry strap on the lens and the narrow taper, could be someone picking up and carrying a large prime by holding onto the body and not the lens...

But then again, what do I know about such things...
 
As far as I know the mount on the body is supposedly made to be the weakest point so there's less chance the lens will be damaged in a fall. Still very painful to look at though.

Tom N.
 
desantnik said:
Judging by the carry strap on the lens and the narrow taper, could be someone picking up and carrying a large prime by holding onto the body and not the lens...

But then again, what do I know about such things...
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it'd have to be a bloody big prime lens to rip the magnesium body apart like that!

I'd guess that the camera was accelerated at 9.8ms^-2...
 
Have you seen a 600 f4???
 
itsdavedotnet said:
I still love Joe Mcnally's D2x....

d2x.jpg


http://www.joemcnally.com/blog/2009/02/11/random-thoughtsthings-i-find-odd-or-interesting/
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It's alright - he abused someone elses camera.
"That camera made the entire 1000 miles of the Baja race, clamped to one of the dune buggies, and this is how it came back. Battered, beat up, but still shooting pictures. (It was a loaner camera, by the way, Nikon was not pleased.)"


Makes you wonder how far it got before the dirt etc on the lens/filters etc made it impossible to shoot/use.
 
chris321 said:
I wish all Nikon's were treated that badly ;) :lol:
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Mine are - that's nothing - a quick wipe with a wet cloth and a toothbrush and it'll be fine...:)
That's why we use Nikons in the first place...lol
 
its quite an old photo if i remember rightly the person behind it fell, the lens hit the ground first and they landed on the body which (with the leverage created by a long lens) pulled the lens mount out of the body.

remember magnesium is a fairly soft material..
 
JimLin1965 said:
Not to worry, it's only a Canon.

:D
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True - plus you see worse in the Nikon-UK car-park every day when they take sledge-hammers to all that surplus Canon kit the Pros are swapping for Nikon goodies...:lol:
 
LOL

When stephenb posted this on TP, a couple of years ago I thought it was his camera, LOL I said how the heck did you managed that, it wasn't Stephen's it was just something he found on the net, phew I thought, I was out togging with him the day before and left him heading off over the moors

Found the thread only he's removed the pic from the gallery Clicky Linky . Post #1 LOL . my post #8 I thought it was his LOL
 
Arkady said:
True - plus you see worse in the Nikon-UK car-park every day when they take sledge-hammers to all that surplus Canon kit the Pros are swapping for Nikon goodies...:lol:
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sledgehammers? nah this is only canon kit we're talking about, no need for heavy stuff, they use these:

image-5-for-ainsdale-show-2009-gallery-877632091.jpg
 
didnt know they did the 90* lenses so big...

what a mess...
 
Ouch. Quick hide this thread from Edinburgh Gary..... :help:
 
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