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11/03/2007 02:18:20 AM · #1 |
OK so tonight is the last night of "regular season" high school football, all thats left now is the playoffs. I'm shooting 2 teams that arent very good, but put them on the same field and they play on each others level and it makes a good game out of it. Late in the 4th quarter its 27-21 and the team thats down is driving down the field.
What I consider a passing down comes up, so I drop back 20 yards to get some recieving shots. The ball is hiked and sure enough QB drops back to pass, ball comes to the near side(my side) and I'm shooting through the play(thanks skip) but I bail too late, and my backup camera takes a direct hit and I take a slight one as well. I look up to see my 1DMKI, 70-200 and my 580 taking a ride, then get stepped on as the player gets up. I pick myself and my gear up, pop the battery back in the 1D, fire it up and check the lens, no problems there, reach down and grab the 580 which has come off the camera, yep that breakaway foot did its job, saved the flash head by sacrificing itself. I put the flash in my photo vest pocket. Walk the camera over to my wife and go back to shooting with my 1DMKIIn and the 120-300 sigma and the 580EXII.
I get home tonight and start processing the assignment, while I'm downloading I grab the camera, lens and flash. I look it all over and find I have one tiny scratch on the lens body, the broken foot on the flash($15 from canon) and not a single mark on the 1DMKI. Now I know people talk about how good their equipment is, and how strong the 1 series and L lens are. But goodness I cant imagine any consumer, or prosumer taking what this stuff did tonight and not be shattered. I'm more convinced then ever that I made the right decision when I moved to pro series cameras, and spent the money for backup equipment. You never know when your going to need it.
BTW I blame all of this on  Skip because he always tells me to shoot through the play, this time I did a bit too long and didnt bail quite fast enough.
Anyway if you need a testimony for the toughness of a 1 series and L lens I can now write you one. And as far as the flash goes, I dont think any flash would have taken that ride and not been in some sort of need for repairs. I'll call CPS and have the parts shipped out and be back in business in no time.
MattO
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11/03/2007 03:36:38 AM · #2 |
Nice story. Sucks about the flash, but glad it's just the shoe.
I always put my safety and my gear's over the potential to get a picture - I'm not even getting paid for this stuff (yet). If my 1D got taken out, I'd basically not be able to shoot digital again until I got a job and saved up enough to get it fixed.
When they're so close they fill the frame in the middle of the zoom on the 70-200, I know it's time to dodge. |
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11/03/2007 04:53:53 AM · #3 |
yowzah, matt! glad everything's ok. just don't take my advice about how to shoot 'transportation' or 'construction equipment'...
the big question is, did anyone get any shots of you ;-) |
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11/03/2007 11:30:51 AM · #4 |
Madman I always put my safety first, equipment can be replaced, thats what insurance is for. However it just shows you that even someone with 2 years on the sidelines can have things get to them. Thats why backup equipment when your getting paid is a must. Things happen.
Skip, I trust your judgement if you said shoot through that demolition, I would do it at least once. :D And yeah as many moms, pops, and teens with cameras there, I'm sure there are at least one of me, doubt I'll ever see it though. But I'm sure it gave them something to talk about. After the game my wife who didnt see it happen heard several people holler, there goes the camera-mans camera! She said a couple words I cant type in this forum and looked up to see where I was!
MattO
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11/03/2007 06:19:40 PM · #5 |
I shall now call you, Mister Butterfingers.
Said like this... |
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11/03/2007 07:13:26 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by Skip:
yowzah, matt! glad everything's ok. just don't take my advice about how to shoot 'transportation' or 'construction equipment'...
the big question is, did anyone get any shots of you ;-) |
But -- wasn't that your job?? :)
Glad you're OK Matt - sorry about the equipment.
Message edited by author 2007-11-03 19:13:50.
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11/03/2007 08:04:48 PM · #7 |
| I have all my equipment insured with state farm. It is not expensive and they pay for repair or replacement if damaged or lost. |
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11/03/2007 11:23:36 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by aliqui:
I shall now call you, Mister Butterfingers.
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That's Matt O'Butterfingers. It's an old Irish name. |
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