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04/18/2006 10:10:10 AM · #26 |
silcone !!
Originally posted by DanSig:
the lens is ok, and the camera works fine, it just has a hole in the body so it's not waterproof anymore :( |
a tip for all you folks who seem to have butter fingers. invest in a pair of wide receiver gloves. the kind with a sticky palm so that they can grip the pig skin better ;}
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04/18/2006 10:18:57 AM · #27 |
Originally posted by soup:
silcone !!
Originally posted by DanSig:
the lens is ok, and the camera works fine, it just has a hole in the body so it's not waterproof anymore :( |
a tip for all you folks who seem to have butter fingers. invest in a pair of wide receiver gloves. the kind with a sticky palm so that they can grip the pig skin better ;} |
in my case it wasn't a case of slippy fingers, the camera was resting on my daugters baby carriege and when she started climbing out of it I had to make a choice, grab her or the camera, I grabed her and waited eternity watching the camera fall in slow motion to the floor and bouncing a few times on the tiles next to a pile of manuer.. we were in a stable at the time ;)
I didn't notice the crack when I picked it up, it was only a few days ago that I saw it.. had a really bad day after seeing my precious broken... bougt it in january for about $1500 including shipping and customs in mint condition, not a single scratch on it after 11000 shots, and I broke it after less than 100 shots :(
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04/18/2006 10:24:49 AM · #28 |
a finger smear of silcone will make it water tight again. just be sure not to get any through the crack to the inside. and maybe light scuff the body around the crack for better adherence. say 1000grit wet dry paper. use 100% GE silicone - clear - not the painters type.
take the value out of your daughters college funding ;}
Originally posted by DanSig:
in my case it wasn't a case of slippy fingers, the camera was resting on my daugters baby carriege and when she started climbing out of it I had to make a choice, grab her or the camera, I grabed her and waited eternity watching the camera fall in slow motion to the floor and bouncing a few times on the tiles next to a pile of manuer.. we were in a stable at the time ;)
I didn't notice the crack when I picked it up, it was only a few days ago that I saw it.. had a really bad day after seeing my precious broken... bougt it in january for about $1500 including shipping and customs in mint condition, not a single scratch on it after 11000 shots, and I broke it after less than 100 shots :( |
Message edited by author 2006-04-18 10:25:35.
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04/18/2006 10:38:09 AM · #29 |
Originally posted by soup:
a finger smear of silcone will make it water tight again. just be sure not to get any through the crack to the inside. and maybe light scuff the body around the crack for better adherence. say 1000grit wet dry paper. use 100% GE silicone - clear - not the painters type.
take the value out of your daughters college funding ;} |
thanx for the tip :)
and I live in Iceland, College is FREE here, so is University :)
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04/18/2006 10:41:29 AM · #30 |
I'm paranoid to pick up my equipment after reading this thread... you guys are making me nervous.
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04/18/2006 10:59:18 AM · #31 |
must be nice! - and maybe why all you guys over there can afford 1d mii's - i owe $17K still from graduating in 1996... imagine the camera gear i could buy with that !
Originally posted by DanSig:
and I live in Iceland, College is FREE here, so is University :)
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04/18/2006 11:21:03 AM · #32 |
I dropped a Nikon F3 and a 24mm lens into the fuel storage pool inside a nuclear power plant once. I'm sure that eventually it'll be stored deep underground at Yucca Mountain. Try explaining that one to the insurance company.
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04/18/2006 11:40:43 AM · #33 |
Originally posted by Spazmo99:
I dropped a Nikon F3 and a 24mm lens into the fuel storage pool inside a nuclear power plant once. I'm sure that eventually it'll be stored deep underground at Yucca Mountain. Try explaining that one to the insurance company. |
you should have included a note with the lens explaning what it's purpose is, so that when it's found in 20.000 years they'll know what it is :)
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04/18/2006 12:13:15 PM · #34 |
All I'm hoping for are some lens improvments like VR II technology in the 80-400mm. That way I can really have fun bashing my lens around before collecting the newer lens from the insurance company. ;-)
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04/18/2006 01:26:04 PM · #35 |
Originally posted by DanSig:
Originally posted by Spazmo99:
I dropped a Nikon F3 and a 24mm lens into the fuel storage pool inside a nuclear power plant once. I'm sure that eventually it'll be stored deep underground at Yucca Mountain. Try explaining that one to the insurance company. |
you should have included a note with the lens explaning what it's purpose is, so that when it's found in 20.000 years they'll know what it is :) |
I wasn't there when they fished it out.
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04/18/2006 01:28:51 PM · #36 |
| i acutually had a dream last night where a guy took my camera out of my bag, used it, and dropped it. the camera was fine but the lens had a rainbow look and bubbles when u look through it. weird dream...i think i beat up the guy. hehehe |
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