DavidTO and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day

DavidTODavidTO Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 19,160 Major grins
edited November 2, 2008 in The Big Picture
Went shooting with Marc. I was 25 feet up on a rock. My strap connector failed. My 40D and 17-40 tumbled down the rock. The camera seems fine (knock wood). The lens, well, you can see. We were in an area that had a recent wildfire, so there was ash all over the place. I was a mess, but my lens has more ash on it that I did! I was scared to clean the ash off myself. I'm sending both in to service, to see if they can fix the lens and to see if the camera has any damage.

Sigh.

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  • aktseaktse Registered Users Posts: 1,928 Major grins
    edited October 26, 2008
    Oh my! Insurance?

    The canon hospital will take good care of your lens and body! Mine 20D and 70-200 was actually better when it was repaired!

    What strap were you using? Smuggy one?
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  • DavidTODavidTO Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 19,160 Major grins
    edited October 26, 2008
    aktse wrote:
    Oh my! Insurance?

    The canon hospital will take good care of your lens and body! Mine 20D and 70-200 was actually better when it was repaired!

    What strap were you using? Smuggy one?


    Yah, but the problem is that it was tied into the hand strap, and that is what failed.
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  • ZanottiZanotti Registered Users Posts: 1,411 Major grins
    edited October 26, 2008
    Ouch!

    It is painful to see the pics. Glad you didn't tumble down as well.

    (Maybe this is just a good reason to do some lens shopping! B&H opens early tomorrow morning!))

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  • JenGraceJenGrace Registered Users Posts: 1,229 Major grins
    edited October 26, 2008
    Yeah, thank goodness it wasn't you that fell like that! Sorry about the lens.
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  • TangoTango Registered Users Posts: 4,592 Major grins
    edited October 26, 2008
    i am sorry.


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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited October 26, 2008
    OMG!
    Ouch!
    I'm sooooo sorry to hear this...
    :cry
    Glad you didn't damage yourself, they don't sell human parts at B&H yet rolleyes1.gif
    I hope good folks at Canon repair Center will fix it! thumb.gif
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  • DavidTODavidTO Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 19,160 Major grins
    edited October 26, 2008
    Nikolai wrote:
    OMG!
    Ouch!
    I'm sooooo sorry to hear this...
    :cry
    Glad you didn't damage yourself, they don't sell human parts at B&H yet rolleyes1.gif
    I hope good folks at Canon repair Center will fix it! thumb.gif


    Thanks, all.

    It's really impossible to tell at this point if the glass is scratched. It looks like it's OK, amazingly enough! So, I am hopeful that the repair will happen and not cost TOO much money. And I think the camera just needs a cleaning (crossing fingers).
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  • Awais YaqubAwais Yaqub Registered Users Posts: 10,572 Major grins
    edited October 26, 2008
    OMG :cry
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  • LlywellynLlywellyn Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 3,186 Major grins
    edited October 26, 2008
    I actually winced when that photo loaded. I only fell down the stairs today, so your tumble beats mine. deal.gif Glad you're okay. So sorry about the gear!
  • thebigskythebigsky Registered Users Posts: 1,052 Major grins
    edited October 26, 2008
    Llywellyn wrote:
    I only fell down the stairs today, so your tumble beats mine.

    So it's not just rocks then :smo

    Glad to hear you're OK David, as a fellow dropper I'd just like to say, I know what that feels like.

    I actually dropped my camera twice in Mull, once when I was getting out of the van, and shortly after again when I decided it would be best to put the camera back in the van, both times from shoulder height onto the road.

    It's not a pleasant experience.

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  • SkippySkippy Registered Users Posts: 12,075 Major grins
    edited October 26, 2008
    DavidTO wrote:
    Went shooting with Marc. I was 25 feet up on a rock. My strap connector failed. My 40D and 17-40 tumbled down the rock. The camera seems fine (knock wood). The lens, well, you can see. We were in an area that had a recent wildfire, so there was ash all over the place. I was a mess, but my lens has more ash on it that I did! I was scared to clean the ash off myself. I'm sending both in to service, to see if they can fix the lens and to see if the camera has any damage.

    Sigh.

    Ohhhhhh "OUCH!" I think we react the same about our camera gear as Motor Bike riders do when they drop their bikes rolleyes1.gif

    That looks real nasty David, hope the repair costs are not too steep,
    and I hope all is well with your 40D too. .... Skippy :D
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  • Ann McRaeAnn McRae Registered Users Posts: 4,584 Major grins
    edited October 26, 2008
    Ugh! Glad that you are okay, David.

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  • jdryan3jdryan3 Registered Users Posts: 1,353 Major grins
    edited October 26, 2008
    Wow! That hurts looking at it. Hopefully it can be easily repaired. Let us know how it turns out. Can you drive it down to Irvine or do you have to mail it in like the rest of us?
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  • slflashslflash Registered Users Posts: 186 Major grins
    edited October 26, 2008
    Ouch, Sorry!
    Sorry about your misshap with the camera. Glad you are ok though. Your camera might be there the same time my 40d is. Mine locked up and just quit on me Saturday. I just got mine back last Friday.
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  • devbobodevbobo Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 4,339 SmugMug Employee
    edited October 26, 2008
    Dave, that sucks :cry

    I had a similar experience on the last day of the shoot with my 17-40, luckily it only scratched the glass on the front element.
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  • DavidTODavidTO Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 19,160 Major grins
    edited October 26, 2008
    Ann McRae wrote:
    Ugh! Glad that you are okay, David.

    ann
    (btw, love the reference, one of our favorite books and movies)


    Ann, I don't think I've ever actually read the book or seen the movie. lol3.gif But I remember the title (it sticks in the brain), and thought it was appropriate.

    It was actually a great day, otherwise. I went up to Marc's office to give him a tutorial on Final Cut Pro, and then we went out to this burn area in the San Marcos Pass. It was a nice hike (except for the pesky flies) and a beautiful sunset (aren't they all in their own way?) Topped it off with an awesome dinner and even better beer at the Hollister Brewing Company. thumb.gif
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  • dkoyanagidkoyanagi Registered Users Posts: 656 Major grins
    edited October 27, 2008
    Ouch! Not good.
    First Marc destroys his 24ts, and now this.
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  • DavidTODavidTO Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 19,160 Major grins
    edited October 27, 2008
    dkoyanagi wrote:
    Ouch! Not good.
    First Marc destroys his 24ts, and now this.


    And Marc was present at both occurrences....coincidence? headscratch.gif
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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited October 28, 2008
    DavidTO wrote:
    And Marc was present at both occurrences....coincidence? headscratch.gif
    Or.. *you* were present at both... headscratch.gifmwink.gif
    But then again, it was me who sold Marc that 24ts and you had a few beers with me, so... OMG, it's ME eek7.gifdeal.gif
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  • TangoTango Registered Users Posts: 4,592 Major grins
    edited October 28, 2008
    DavidTO wrote:
    And Marc was present at both occurrences....coincidence? headscratch.gif

    And i got my shoes totally filled with sea water....hmmm, i think your onto something
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  • Ann McRaeAnn McRae Registered Users Posts: 4,584 Major grins
    edited October 28, 2008
    DavidTO wrote:
    And Marc was present at both occurrences....coincidence? headscratch.gif

    FWIW, I own both a 24mmTS and a 17 -40, and they are obth currently in California. Anybody interesed in a deal.gifmwink.gif

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  • NikolaiNikolai Registered Users Posts: 19,035 Major grins
    edited October 28, 2008
    Ann McRae wrote:
    FWIW, I own both a 24mmTS and a 17 -40, and they are obth currently in California. Anybody interesed in a deal.gifmwink.gif
    I'd love to get 24ts back, but I'm so short on $$ that it would take months...
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  • dlplumerdlplumer Registered Users Posts: 8,081 Major grins
    edited October 31, 2008
    A good surprise will come of this :D
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  • seastackseastack Registered Users Posts: 716 Major grins
    edited October 31, 2008
    Ouch ... at least the most important stuff was okay. I haven't used a 17-40 since I dropped mine off the bowsprit of a tall ship two years ago. I'm sure it's still there, 1,000 feet down and 75 miles off Northern California. I've got the GPS coordinates here somewhere in my notes if you want them ;-)
  • BradfordBennBradfordBenn Registered Users Posts: 2,506 Major grins
    edited November 1, 2008
    So does a bad day shooting beat a good day at the office?

    Sorry to hear about the lens but glad you are okay.
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  • DavidTODavidTO Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 19,160 Major grins
    edited November 1, 2008
    BradfordBenn wrote:
    So does a bad day shooting beat a good day at the office?

    Sorry to hear about the lens but glad you are okay.


    absofu....


    yes.
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  • ChatKatChatKat Registered Users Posts: 1,357 Major grins
    edited November 1, 2008
    Ouch
    ouch, David...sorry to hear it...repair and/or replacement might be tax deductible....
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  • slflashslflash Registered Users Posts: 186 Major grins
    edited November 2, 2008
    Any word on the repairs
    David,
    Have you heard from Canon yet on your lens? Is it damaged beyond repair? Is your camera ok?
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  • DavidTODavidTO Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 19,160 Major grins
    edited November 2, 2008
    slflash wrote:
    David,
    Have you heard from Canon yet on your lens? Is it damaged beyond repair? Is your camera ok?


    :hide



    I haven't sent it in yet. rolleyes1.gif
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