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Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM

01/14/2006 03:00:49 PM · #1

hehe :D

Yeah...always zipper your backpack up before you leave it...because if you don't, and you go to pick it up quickly, the contents will fall to the hard ground below and break.

Luckily, I had my d70 in my hands, with my 80-200 mounted to it. My 85 was tightly packed into its surroundings, as was my 50 and sb600. All my other stuff either covered or in a little container that sits in there firmly with a lid.

My innocent 18-70 was currently taking a nap where the 80-200 normally resides...and thus was sitting loosely.

I didn't think anything was wrong with it to be honest, although it fell a good distance onto hard concrete. Nothing rattled or anything. Sure enough though, when focusing, it would almost feel as though it was hitting a road block or something, then in the viewfinder, it would jump to either side and lunge forward...something came loose.

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Anyway, Ritz Camera gets an A+ so far...the lens is currently being shipped and covered under their warranty, and I have a nice little loaner to keep me happy.

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Moral of the story: zip your backpack before you leave it !!!

EDIT: or just get a Ritz extended warranty!!!

Message edited by author 2006-01-14 15:02:11.

RayEthier

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

01/14/2006 03:06:45 PM · #2

Hope all turns out well for you DP. My daughter jammed the lens on her G3 a while back....... I got it fixed.. but not cheap.

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 USM

01/14/2006 03:11:08 PM · #3

Thanks. I don't even use that lens too often, but figured what the heck.

I'm going to start being more careful with my gear. Stupid errors can cost a lot of money.

RayEthier

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

01/14/2006 03:16:34 PM · #4

Sure can DP... I seem to recall that Scalvert dropped an L lens recently.... bet that cost him large. I currently only have one fancy schmancy lens, but if I ever get better at this photography thing, I might just fork over the bucks to get a few more.

Hope everything turns out okay for you.......and YES I will be more careful with my equipment.

dwterry

Canon EOS-1D Mark III

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

01/14/2006 03:20:58 PM · #5

I had my Canon 70-200 2.8 IS lens in my backpack and was jumping down off of a big rock (about 4 feet high) when I heard a "thud" behind me. I turned around in shock and horror as I realized that the "thud" was my 70-200. Aparently my backpack and unzipped sufficiently to let it tumble out.

No glass was broken and it still focused fine, but the zoom ring simply turned without zooming. Perhaps I should have considered it an upgrade - suddenly, without zoom, I had an f/2.8 200mm "prime" lens! :-)

Luckily I had purchased an extended warrantee with that lens and it was fixed for free.

ShutterPug

Canon EOS-6D

Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0L IS

01/14/2006 03:36:24 PM · #6

I dropped one off my camera last winter. I thought it had screwed on in place, but evidently I did not have it lined up right. As I took my hand away, the lens fell off, onto the snow covered deck. Luckily there is a guy in town that fixes lenses and he rfepaired it for just $25.00. Ever since then, I am real careful to ensure the lens is locked in place before taking my hand away.

Glad to hear yours is getting repaired and that you got a loaner.

nsbca7

Mattel Barbie Photo Designer Digital Camera

01/14/2006 03:42:55 PM · #7

I once dropped a K-1000 with a 17mm lens through the thin ice of a frozen rock bottom spring. my fingers were numb so that is the excuse I had. The camera and lens were fine. I took them home and put them in the oven and had many years more use out of them. The film inside was not even damaged.

I had once agreed to do a friend a favor and take a slightly intoxicated girl home to her house. On the bench seat of my pickup in between us was my camera bag with a K-1000, a Nikon N90 and four lenses. At some point during the ride to her house she decided she wanted to sit closer to me so she threw my camera bag out the window. I stopped the truck, threw the girl out and went back to get my camera bag. Miraculously nothing in the bag was the least bit injured.

Message edited by author 2006-01-14 15:58:35.

digitalpins

Canon EOS-60D

Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM

01/14/2006 03:49:36 PM · #8

did that with my rebel xt, did not close my backpack and put it on by back but luckly I everything landed on my laundry bags, which was a nice soft landing.... caused me too not breath for a minture or two. But everthing was fine

Bear_Music

Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra

Sony 24-70mm F4 Vario-Tessar T* FE OSS

01/14/2006 03:57:04 PM · #9

Originally posted by nsbca7:

I had once agreed to do a friend a favor and take a slightly intoxicated girl home to her house. On the bench seat of my pickup in between us was my camera bag with a K-1000, a Nikon N90 and four lenses. At some point during the ride to her house she decided she wanted to sit closer to me so she threw my camera bag out the window. I stopped the truck, threw the girl out and went back to get my camera bag. Miraculously nothing was in the bag was the least bit injured.

This belongs in the "redneck" thread, doesn't it? jejejeâ�¢

R.

mycelium

Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT

Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM

01/14/2006 04:51:50 PM · #10

Originally posted by nsbca7:

Wow. I must say I am personally glad that nothing in the camera bag was damaged, because if it were, reading this anecdote would have caused me true pain.

Were I in your situation, and had I the strength, I would have thrown the girl straight through the window that she just dumped the camera out of.

soup

Canon EOS-30D

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

01/14/2006 05:04:22 PM · #11

hehe - did you throw her out the window too?

Originally posted by nsbca7:

nsbca7

Mattel Barbie Photo Designer Digital Camera

01/14/2006 05:35:59 PM · #12

Originally posted by soup:

hehe - did you throw her out the window too?

Actually I asked her to get out. Then I reached over her, opened the door and pushed her out with my foot. She was a really fine looking 22 year old girl too, so it seemed a real shame that she messed with my cameras.

Message edited by author 2006-01-14 17:39:42.

modgethanc

Nikon D90

Nikon AF Fisheye-Nikkor 16mm f/2.8D

01/14/2006 05:37:45 PM · #13

When I was on a class trip in Disney world, a couple of my friends decided to kidnap me away from another group of friends I was with, and I found myself being carried high over the heads of three guys. My pockets were loose. My Olympus fell about six feet, hit the pavement and bounced and rolled several times. The case is kind if cracked/dented/gouged, the battery cover tends to fly open at random times, but otherwise it's still perfectly fine :DD

soup

Canon EOS-30D

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

01/14/2006 06:09:12 PM · #14

hehe - don't mess with my sacks.

Originally posted by nsbca7:

Maverick

Nikon D200

Tamron SP AF 90mm f/2.8 Di for Nikon

01/14/2006 06:48:17 PM · #15

If it's permanently broke, I'll sell you mine = )

Canon EF 70-200mm f/4.0L USM

01/14/2006 09:50:35 PM · #16

Originally posted by Maverick:

If it's permanently broke, I'll sell you mine = )

haha yeah with that 17-55 2.8, I'd try and sell the 18-70 as well. If I didn't have a warranty, I'd be getting the 17-55 instead of a different lens and a tripod here shortly.

Skyarcher

Canon EOS-5D

01/15/2006 01:11:17 AM · #17

Oh my... saw the title of thread and I think I stopped breathing for a minute, just knew what was inside.

Hoping for a good outcome for you. :)

Prof_Fate

01/15/2006 01:16:38 AM · #18

Dave - my rebel has that scar on the top from a very similar lapse of attention. I am now anal about zipping my bag closed. Fortunately the battle wound is all cosmetic. Will make it hard to sell it if i ever get to that point though.

A loaner lens? That's cool.

jbsmithana

Nikon D300

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 12-24mm f/4.0G IF-ED

01/15/2006 02:29:11 AM · #19

Originally posted by dpaull:

EDIT: or just get a Ritz extended warranty!!!

Now you tell me! I dropped my D-70 with the Tamrom 200-500 attached to a monopod yesterday. Was taking some shots out the window and got stupid, leaned it against a counter and turned away for a minute and the whole thing fell over and crashed on the floor. I heard the thud and my heart dropped.

Good news is all seems well with both camera and lens. Shot ten or so frames to make sure and they all look ok, focus works and no obvious signs of injury.

Message edited by author 2006-01-15 02:30:27.

Artyste

Sony Ericsson W810i

Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Pentax

01/15/2006 02:31:13 AM · #20

I have to say, it's the first time I've ever heard of an extended warranty covering droppage.

The ones we can buy here don't cover against human error or damage of *ANY* kind.. so they're basically pointless.

zxaar

01/15/2006 02:33:45 AM · #21

i dropped my Mamiya and that was the end of that beautiful lense (prime 50 mm 1.4), i still miss it.

amber

Canon EOS-300D Rebel

Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6

01/15/2006 02:42:08 AM · #22

Mine canon 70-300 dropped from the overhead compartment on a flight to Greece. The front edge was dented so I can't remove the polarising filter but other than that it works fine.

How can you get a lens replaced when you are technically at fault for 'allowing' it to get damaged?