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OneTen
'Two Breakfasts'
Reged: 23/06/2003
Posts: 2538
Loc: Devon
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Clumsy poops. 
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Richard .......... My Website - My Blog - My Flickr
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pachinkofan
old hand
Reged: 25/08/2005
Posts: 842
Loc: Near Stirling, Scotland
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I wonder how many of them had their claim paid out?
If the companies had been as careful as the owners:
"we were going to send you the cheque but the all in 1 super printer shredded it by mistake" 
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TRU: Delayed on PS2 til Jan.
Time to get the camera out again...
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mediaman
Nearly Laid Back
Reged: 28/07/2008
Posts: 558
Loc: edinburgh
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I was taking a picture of the mother-in -law, and the lens "just shattered"  
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mediaman
Nearly Laid Back
Reged: 28/07/2008
Posts: 558
Loc: edinburgh
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actually, in the old days of the doorless buses,I was running along the road trying to catch the bus. It was leaving the busstop and I took a flying leap onto the platform.....
and my nikon F slipped of my shoulder, went bouncing along the road ar5e over t1t. jumped back off the bus , fearing the worst, but apart from a dent in the prism, all was ok.
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Kenny.
The tears of laughter were running down my legs.
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Garry McNamara
Snr Tutor/Bongo Banjo
Reged: 16/08/2006
Posts: 2079
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It's not a proper F without a dent in the prism - didn't anyone tell you that?
By the way I read that as 'odourless buses' for some reason - best kind I find.
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john_g
Pooh-bah Hoo-ha
Reged: 09/05/2007
Posts: 2536
Loc: Surrey
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Me, Canon T90 and 200mm lens in a river in southern Nepal, less than twenty feet from some crocodiles basking on the opposite bank. First thought was to get out of the river before the crocs took an interest, second thought was that the camera was making a worrying sloshing noise.
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Who could suppose that angels move the stars, or be so superstitious as to suppose that because one cannot see one's soul at the end of a microscope, it does not exist?
R.D.Laing The Politics Of Experience
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huwevans
Old Hand
Reged: 05/08/2000
Posts: 15456
Loc: Dorset, UK
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Well, that's the Nikon F for you - I would expect the road to have sufferred more damage! :-)
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mediaman
Nearly Laid Back
Reged: 28/07/2008
Posts: 558
Loc: edinburgh
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Funny..reading doorless as odourless... my one is reading Shopfitters on the sides of vans as Shoplifters.
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Kenny.
The tears of laughter were running down my legs.
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Ian_A
Avocadopearaphobe
Reged: 02/09/2002
Posts: 7880
Loc: Horwich UK
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I trashed a six-month old D200, 18-70 lens and power grip on 31st October 2007 at 5:30pm whilst shooting an entry for the AP forum monthly competition.
When working in dimly-lit conditions on a slope, I didn't notice that my tripod was finely balanced. I set off to adjust my model, and heard a crash behind me. The tripod had fallen over, the lens was broken in two, the back had come off the power grip, and the camera body which had struck the tarmac on the top-right corner at the back looked OK, still worked, but had distorted slightly, so I couldn't remove the memory card easily. Once I did get it out, it wouldn't go back in.
I got my test shots off the card and entered one, it didn't win.
I told the insurers it was AP's fault ...
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Benchista
Wich Tyler
Reged: 11/08/2000
Posts: 37849
Loc: Everywhere and nowhere, baby
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Don't think I've ever destroyed a camera. My wife dropped her EOS 100 while running, and it bounced along a stone bridge for about 15 feet - it still worked, although the click stops on the main mode dial were broken and it needed a £40 repair. I dropped mine a fair few times too, but beyond some gouges in the plastic, to no harmful effect - it still works perfectly now.
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www.nbrphoto.com
Light and Shade II - the new blog
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huwevans
Old Hand
Reged: 05/08/2000
Posts: 15456
Loc: Dorset, UK
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Actually I'm a wee bit sceptical about some of these stories - I know what it's like to see a treasured camera heading for a rough landing. A few years ago I handed my very new, very expensive, and (at the time) uninsured Nikon D2X to a friend [whom I won't name - but she knows who she is! ;-)], who immediately dropped it. As it accelerated at about 9.81m/s^2 towards the solid stone floor I can only suppose that instinct took over - I've never moved so fast in all my life, nor had I ever had such a 'safe pair of hands'! So, the D2X survived, as did the friend - but it was definitely a close call. :-)
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geepee
Reged: 26/09/2002
Posts: 1539
Loc: Bolton, Gt Manchester
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I crashed at high speed whilst skiing this Easter. Fortunately I didnt suffer anything other than a few bruises, but I forgot I had my 30D in my backpack. I gingerly removed it and lens and camera body looked ok until I looked at the back. The LCD screen was shattered but the camera worked ok as long as I didn't want to review any pictures or change any settings. 
All been fixed now. 
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Fen
BAD WOLF
Reged: 12/03/2002
Posts: 20924
Loc: Currently Unknown!
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Don't think I've ever destroyed a camera.
No... But we know a man who has
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zx9
old hand
Reged: 22/06/2007
Posts: 1039
Loc: London
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If you read it all, based on 88 claims in the half year to April 08. On the whole Togs are very careful if a company the size of D&G have so few claims, it would be interesting to know the number of policies underwritten in the same period, and overall profit they made from 'butterfingers'.
Personally my cameras are covered on the household insurance, I have only made one claim which was when we were burgled.
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lisadb
Pooh-Bah
Reged: 05/09/2006
Posts: 1674
Loc: Staffs
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It's more 'butterfeet' in my case. eg got stuck in the mud on Lindisfarne and ended up on bum. Got covered in mud trying to get out, all the while holding onto my camera for grim death. Camera was OK but tripod was soaked and had to have all new legs 4 months later. Good job it was still under warranty as 3 new legs cost more than the whole tripod in the first place!! Lisa.
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huwevans
Old Hand
Reged: 05/08/2000
Posts: 15456
Loc: Dorset, UK
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Actually, now that i think about it, I have dropped a camera, resulting in serious damage. It was a Nikon D100, and it had a 300mm lens mounted on it. I managed to drag it off the shelf of a hide while working with another camera. It hit the floor in such a way that the lens mount was ripped off the camera. That aside, it still worked just fine, and Fixation 'fixated' it for a tidy sum. The lens suffered nary a scratch.
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Huw Evans.
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OneTen
'Two Breakfasts'
Reged: 23/06/2003
Posts: 2538
Loc: Devon
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Not a sob story but I can't believe I did it. I had an ArtPan 617 mounted on a tripod taking photos at Salford Quays, to get a better shot I lifted the whole assembly over the barrier, camera and tripod waving about over the water. Once I'd finished and got the whole lot back over the barrier I noticed that the QR wasn't attached properly and the camera came off in my hands. I'm not sure how I got away with it but even now, the thought makes me clench. 
As for dropping cameras; Canon F-1s bounce and 40Ds wipe clean of mud.
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RovingMike
I had a dangly thing
Reged: 16/05/2006
Posts: 1090
Loc: Herts
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I volunteered to do some shots for my golf club's website and left the Nik f90x on a tripod for a mo. Wind came and it went over with a crash, split the casing right through and cost me £320 to repair. No the club didn't cough up.
Was also hastily taking an AF sigma lens off when my hand caught the retaining ring at front of the zoom ring and turned it what must have been the last fraction. The whole thing disassembled in my hands, every tube and optical element landed in my lap.
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daft_biker
Action Man!
Reged: 11/10/2006
Posts: 7668
Loc: Doon the glen
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Quote:
I crashed at high speed whilst skiing this Easter. Fortunately I didnt suffer anything other than a few bruises, but I forgot I had my 30D in my backpack. I gingerly removed it and lens and camera body looked ok until I looked at the back. The LCD screen was shattered but the camera worked ok as long as I didn't want to review any pictures or change any settings.
All been fixed now.
Done similar things with various cameras myself  Had my 40D in rucksack when I broke my toe earlier this year....1st and last time it's been to dedicated bike trails....it's bad luck I reckon  (the camera was fine  ).
Have a nasty habit of not zipping up my bag properly and the compact has fallen out while riding along...casing is all bent, buckled, cracked and scraped but it still works as it should. I reckon it looks better with all the war wounds anyway
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