pixelatedscraps
Well-known
Why you and your expensive new lens will never be good drinking buddies...
And yes, I did that last night. And yes, I just bought that lens as well. If gun control weren't so strict in Hong Kong, I might just want to shoot myself.
And yes, I did that last night. And yes, I just bought that lens as well. If gun control weren't so strict in Hong Kong, I might just want to shoot myself.
Rafael
Mandlerian
From what I understand, the lens is designed to break that way when it is dropped. The repair may not be cheap. But, if the lens broke as it is designed to do, the main section may well be in fine shape. Good luck.
user237428934
User deletion pending
omg. Hope the repair isn't too expensive. I remember that I dropped two film cameras so far. They landed on the back and nothing happend (except some scratches).
pixelatedscraps
Well-known
Interesting..I'm praying there is no internal damage. Praying.
pixelatedscraps
Well-known
Just in case anyone is interested in the details: the D700 / 70-200 fell from a height of just under a meter, ironically in a padded Nikon camera bag.
To be honest, I'm a little surprised at how easily it broke, though I know I am mostly to blame for being careless - and drunk at the time!
To be honest, I'm a little surprised at how easily it broke, though I know I am mostly to blame for being careless - and drunk at the time!
Jonas
Established
I did the same with a Canon 24-70 2.8. Paid about 20% of new price to Get it fixed at Canon.
Pickett Wilson
Veteran
Expensive lesson.
fixbones
.......sometimes i thinks
wwhooaaa....
My heart sank looking at those pictures....
Sorry man.
My heart sank looking at those pictures....
Sorry man.
oftheherd
Veteran
Disheartening for sure. Good luck on non-expensive repairs.
Steve Bellayr
Veteran
"Just in case anyone is interested in the details: the D700 / 70-200 fell from a height of just under a meter, ironically in a padded Nikon camera bag. " IMHO that does not seem to be a large fall or abuse.
pixelatedscraps
Well-known
I didn't think so either, but I'm curious as to how far I can push the warranty claim. It is a pro lens / body, but I am surprised at how easily it broke.
Anyway, I'll let you guys know what Nikon HK says when I take the camera / lens down to their service center later today.
swoop
Well-known
Just this year I've dropped and broken a 3 month old M9 and spent $4100 to get it fixed. The other day I dropped a Canon 50mm f1.4. Everything seems fine. But near infinity it's a bit fuzzy and the focus is a little off. So I'm going to be replacing that thing. Another $350 down the drain.
It happens to the best of us. The worst part is I didn't even drop either thing. They both fell out of my bag. The M9 while running, and the Canon lens after taking my bag out of my car.
It happens to the best of us. The worst part is I didn't even drop either thing. They both fell out of my bag. The M9 while running, and the Canon lens after taking my bag out of my car.
pixelatedscraps
Well-known
The body repair (warped lens mount) is estimated at HK$2200 (US$285) while the lens is still unknown due there possible being issues with the internals and / or electronics. If it's just a new mounting ring it'll be around around the same as the body. If not, well...
szekiat
Well-known
lesson here, never EVER leave a lens mounted to an SLR if u're not using it. I learnt the hard way with a 600mm super tele. It was mounted on and in a bag and the whole lot was on the top of a landrover going cross country. When we dismounted. The camera had sheered its mounting screws off
pixelatedscraps
Well-known
I knew separating them was the smart thing to do and if I hadn't been drunk at the time maybe it wouldn't have happened.
Big. Expensive. Lesson. Ouch.
Big. Expensive. Lesson. Ouch.
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Pherdinand
the snow must go on
and how is your toe?
pixelatedscraps
Well-known
Toe's fine. Conscience and wallet, not so good 
dtcls100
Well-known
I am really surprised that no one here has expressed real disappointment with how easy a supposedly pro Nikkor lens snapped in half. A one meter drop in a padded camera bag should have resulted in NO DAMAGE at all even for a decent consumer grade lens. What kind of pro caliber lens is so delicate? How can any pro rely on a lens that snaps in half under such minor impact? It seems that the disposable manufacturing culture under which things are designed to break -- not last -- has taken over the photographic industry. I've dropped my twenty plus year old OM-4T and Zuiko 35-80 zoom lens at least three times in a very lightly padded bag from at least 1 meter height onto a hard concrete floor (falling of luggage carts at the airport) without ANY DAMAGE whatsoever, even when the camera bag fell one time upside down (the bag's cover is completely unpadded). This camera lens combination is solidly built, unlike the flimsy plasticky feeling AF lenses made by Canon, Nikon and just about everyone else these days.
Chris101
summicronia
Don't blame your problems on drinking! Look at it this way: If your camera hadn't broke, maybe it wouldn't have ruined your buzz!
pixelatedscraps
Well-known
Hey trust me, I'm with you on the rail against consumer plasti-cism but aside from the futility and metaphorical dead-end that direction would take us, it doesn't do much good when your initial RFF post is a rant against pretty much the way the entire world works today.
Just to note - no one should ever, ever leave an SLR body, digital, chrome or kevlar, attached to a telephoto lens weighing roughly 2kg and reaching almost 10" in length and expect it to survive a fall of over 1ft.
Trust me, I'm the one who has to pay out of his own pocket. I would love to do everything in my bag of wily, sneaky powers to get out of paying this if I could. But this time, I'm willing to admit my mistakes and take full responsibility.
If the lens had been detached from the body, I have no doubt both the body and lens would still be in one piece, with nary a scuff to either. As it were, the weakest point between two adjoining pieces is, well, the joint. And that's what broke here. Perhaps there should be a much stronger, kevlar-reinforced mounting system, but no doubt that would be at the detraction of ease-of-use, and time it takes to remove/mount a lens.
On another note, Nikon have just informed me the total repair cost will be US$500 - a lot less than the US$1000+ I was expecting to pay.
Whew