An Old Friend is Gone, My First Broken Lens.

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

06/28/2008 10:22:23 PM · #1

During a session today, the sweet guy I was photographing got bored during a background change. He picked up a football that was lying around, and, like any guy would do, started tossing it. The first time he missed the football, as the fates would have it, the football hit my camera. I usually put my camera on the floor while I'm shooting so it can't fall from anywhere, an old habbit, but today I'd set it 1 foot from the floor on a little stool. When the football hit it (my back was turned) I heard the 'bounce ping bounce thud'.

Lemme back up a second. Normally I would have my 17-55 on the camera in the studio. But its IS motor started acting weird a couple of weeks ago, so I decided it needed to go in for repair. That would leave my 50 1.4 as a back-up lens for the studio...but its been a little odd lately too, so I'd packed it away with the 17-55 and both left for Canon early last week.

So today, I needed to shoot in studio, so pulled out my old favorite, my first love, my 50m f1.8....

Its not supposed to look like this. :(

The camera is fine, but the lens, alas, has passed. He was only 4 years old.

Here are a few of the last things my little plastic buddy ever saw:

Judi

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

06/28/2008 10:25:34 PM · #2

Ouch...I am so sorry to hear of that Cindi. Now tell me....did you manage to have a camera handy to photograph the look on both your faces....?

Nikon AF-S Nikkor 70-200mm f/2.8G ED VR II

06/28/2008 10:34:24 PM · #3

Originally posted by Judi:

Ouch...I am so sorry to hear of that Cindi. Now tell me....did you manage to have a camera handy to photograph the look on both your faces....?

I didn't get a picture of the look on my face, but I'm sure it was shock. I played it off really quick as "a lens I didn't use much anyway" and finished the session (shoved against the far walls) shooting with the 70-200. No time to grieve 'till after they were gone and I stopped to pay respects. ;)

MattO

Nikon D4

06/28/2008 10:47:12 PM · #4

Well I suppose it is better to have loved and lost, then to have never loved at all. And be thankful that it wasnt one of the other lens. Of course your insurance would cover that lens, but I'm not sure what your deductable is.

Matt

buzzrock

Fujifilm X-M1

Fujifilm XC 16-50mm f/3.5-5.6 OIS

06/28/2008 10:47:19 PM · #5

Relax, all right? My old man is a television repairman, he's got this ultimate set of tools. I can fix it.

kirbic

Canon EOS R5

Canon RF 24-70mm f/2.8 L IS

06/28/2008 10:52:46 PM · #6

A moment of silence for our little fallen comrade, overachiever that he was. He died in the line of service...

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-70mm f/3.5-4.5G IF-ED

06/28/2008 10:57:47 PM · #7

Originally posted by kirbic:

A moment of silence for our little fallen comrade, overachiever that he was. He died in the line of service...

I'm having a glass of wine in his honor. He always gave his best. *cheers*

DarkRider

Nikon D300

06/28/2008 11:21:35 PM · #8

so sorry to hear about your loss...did he even offer to replace/repair it?

Konica Minolta MF 85mm f/1.7

06/28/2008 11:29:11 PM · #9

Originally posted by DarkRider:

so sorry to hear about your loss...did he even offer to replace/repair it?

Thanks. Yes, of course he did. I blew it off. Not worth an insurance claim because, well, its a $70 lens. But I will miss it, that was my first studio workhorse and served me well when I needed it.

Please, if you have one, hug your little plastic buddy tonight (and don't drop them on the floor!!). :)

smardaz

06/28/2008 11:46:21 PM · #10

killer lens, i was just using it today

briantammy

Olympus PEN E-P3

06/29/2008 12:36:57 AM · #11

so sorry to hear. it's such a sickening, sinking feeling when that happens. I just lost a loved one while shooting for the recent "crime scene" challenge. I left it on the back of my car and drove away. argh!!

Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS

06/29/2008 09:49:13 AM · #12

Ouch Brian. I know that was a sad lesson. :/

I have a senior session coming up this week. Since I know Canon won't have the other two lenses back by then I can either: shoot with the kit lens (giggle) or borrow a lens or two. I've already started making phone calls! ;)

Message edited by author 2008-06-29 09:49:28.

MelonMusketeer

Nikon D7000

Nikon MF 50mm f/1.4

06/29/2008 10:25:35 AM · #13

On the bright side, If it was me, I would use the sad event as an excuse (to my wifey) to just buy a whole new rig, body and all. : )
"Uh oh, it broke, gotta replace it to keep working."
Sorry to hear that you had the mishap with your lil' buddy. At least it was not one of your high dollar pro lenses, and the camera is ok.

Strikeslip

Canon EOS-5D

06/29/2008 10:26:08 AM · #14

OMG!

I'll put my little plastic buddy on and take some shots today in honour of your lost little buddy. :-(

Strikeslip

Canon EOS-5D

Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS

06/29/2008 11:04:23 AM · #15

bspurgeon

Fujifilm x100

Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM

06/29/2008 11:08:17 AM · #16

My 50 f/1.8 went down as well, but nearly as dramatic. All I did was bump it against a chair and it fell apart in the same manner as yours. Canon USA (Irvine) fixed it for free. It was well beyond the warranty period. They know it's cheap!