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I got distracted whilst putting the camera into it's bag(backpack style), didn't realise I hadn't zipped it up, slung it over my shoulder in a hurry and ... crash! Landed 24-70 first onto the tiled floor. It was one of those moments that seem to happen in slow motion as you look on in horror!! lol
The filter ring broke and the zoom is stiff. If I'm lucky it won't cost too much. If I'm not so lucky, it will be about 400 quid. EEK! My travel insurance only covers me for 300. Sigh...
I made the mistake of inserting the camera plus lens, lens down into my holster bag....which wasn't deep enough to accommodate the longer 24-70 and meant the heavy D3 was protruding. I was shooting a sports centre and needed a pic of pool with no one in it (ie still water). Noticed through overhead window that swimmers were leaving pool and sprinted down corridor (tripod in other hand) and bag over shoulder. Cornering at xx mph the centrifugal force emptied my holster. By the time I picked up the bits, changed lenses and got to the pool, some more people were splashing about! So missed the shot anyway. Left a nice gouge in their plastered walls though. Lol
Living near ACS, I did a slight detour and dumped the pieces on David's bench. He told me to go and have a bite to eat in town and come back in 2 hours, Lens back together, calibrated and checked...£100 charge. I felt I got away with it. Immediately went out and bought a new DEEPER holster that WOULD take the body with lens attached safely!
Last edited on Tue Mar 17th, 2015 06:19 by Eric
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