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Camera Lens Falls From Sky Through Roof Of Petaluma Home
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TXForester
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Maybe an air to air photo shoot gone wrong.
Remember to shut the door, window or canopy before changing lenses. 😀
Remember to shut the door, window or canopy before changing lenses. 😀
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良かったね！
Like kids wearing mits to ball games, many photogs will leave home today with empty, padded lens cases.
coelacanth
Ride, dive, shoot.
Vics
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I'm in Santa Rosa just up the road from Petaluma. I was in the Shutterbug store today and asked if they had heard that Canon zooms were falling out of the sky. The guy didn't think it was funny. They did have an Elmar-M 90 collapsible for $599. I didn't think that was funny, either.
Keith
The best camera is one that still works!
Unusual ... Leica prices remain stable while Canons appear to be going through the roof!
Who would have thought it?
Who would have thought it?
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sanmich
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two different phases of skyrocketing...
Bobbo
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Well, that's $1,100 in the hole (no pun intended).
Now, will the photographer claim it? I'm guessing no, as he's be on the hook for the repair bill... and with serial number tracking, this is why I buy used or never register my lenses, hehe...
Now, will the photographer claim it? I'm guessing no, as he's be on the hook for the repair bill... and with serial number tracking, this is why I buy used or never register my lenses, hehe...
Rob-F
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Well, let's see . . . How much of a mystery is this? The space shuttle is retired, so that's not it. It wouldn't fall from the Space station, it would remain in orbit. The Russian shuttle Soyuz is grounded for a problem right now, so that can't be it. So what does that leave? Hot air balloon? Helicopter? Possibility. Someone could have been photographing and tried changing lenses while leaning over the side. Same goes for a Cessna 150. Helicopters are pretty noisy, though. She would have noticed. Maybe CalTech is working on a Star Trek type transporter, and something went wrong? No, I guess not. And I don't think it could fall out of a flying saucer; they look to be pretty well sealed. It could have been launched from a missile silo, or a nuclear sub, in which case it would come down at the same velocity it was launched with. That should be enough to punch a hole in the roof. It would require a special Lens Booster vehicle, though . . . sort of a mini Saturn 5 . . . probably a long shot.
Canon might be working on a new direct delivery system to avoid UPS charges. Now, there's a thought. The shipping damage couldn't be much worse.
But if it's at all helpful to the police or the FAA, I'll suggest they go with Hot air balloon or small aircraft.
KenR
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Whew! It's a Canon lens and not Minolta. Years ago I asked my son to hold a lens of mine while we were walking across the George Washington Bridge. He said "no" and threw the lens onto the ground. It rolled under the railing and disaappeared into the void. I never saw it land in the water - I thought maybe it was sucked into a worm hole and finally landed someplace. Glad it wasn't mine.
sepiareverb
genius and moron
I only ever get hit by bird $hit or acorns.
FrozenInTime
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I heard a customer talking to a salesman yesterday, mentioning the Petaluma lens - he did not get her reference.
Working all day in camera shop must make one less likely to browse camera forums at night.
I don't think they want to sell the Elmar lens, it's well hidden on the shelf under the computer/till maybe a staff member uses it occasionally.
Their s/h CE-4s AF with alpha numeric data back is so ugly - it deserves to be dropped out of a plane.
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