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04/17/2005 10:12:33 PM · #1
and watched my D70 rolling down the hill next to me, bouncing over a stump, I figured it was a gonner as well as the Sigma 105 macro attached to it, especially when I heard the lens crack against something hard.

BUT, as we both stopped rolling and I reached for it, niether the camera nor the lens were damaged in the least. Thank you Nikon.

Nikon cameras must be tough because my first digital was a Coolpix 990 and I must have dropped that at least three times from about 5 feet with no problems. Hopefully I can be less clumsy with the D70.
04/17/2005 10:15:48 PM · #2
yep...nikons are tough!
04/17/2005 10:16:06 PM · #3
that made me gasp. That is such a big fear for me. When i first got my first digital camera i was sooooooo close to dropping it on the cement. I know that sinking feeling. Lucky it was ok. :) You must be meant to take more photos
Lisa
04/17/2005 10:17:53 PM · #4
How are you is the question?
Glad your camera's okay.

grammar edit.

Message edited by author 2005-04-17 22:21:32.
04/17/2005 10:19:04 PM · #5
I'm fine. Let's just say I'm glad no one was there to see it. It wasn't my finest nor my most graceful moment in life.
04/17/2005 10:30:24 PM · #6
You were luckier than my Dad. When I was younger we went on a family vacation to Hawaii, he had his Nikon camera around his neck and fell when we were hiking a dormant volcano. The volcanic rock cracked the filter and lens. But the camera body was okay :)
04/17/2005 10:32:51 PM · #7
My camera nearly slid off the hood of my car today as I was opening my backpack to change a lens... glad I caught it moving out of the corner of my eye! It's a feeling that is almost indescribeable... sheer terror!!! Whew. Glad we BOTH came out ok today! :o)
04/17/2005 10:45:36 PM · #8
I fell in my basement today and cut my leg pretty badly lol. There were no cameras injured during this time however.

Glad to hear you are swell.
04/17/2005 11:03:52 PM · #9
A good photographer would've realized he was about to fall and quickly changed to timer mode and propped the camera up to get a nice self-portrait as he was falling. lol

Seriously though, glad you're ok.
04/17/2005 11:07:32 PM · #10
It was really rather cartoonish. I was squatting down trying to take a marco on a very steep hill and in slow motion just sort of fell over backwards like someone had pushed me.

Maybe it would have been better if someone HAD gotten a shot of that.
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