Mark Norton
Well-known
... caught the strap and it fell from my desk to the carpeted floor, no lens.
Camera seems fine, except that the rangefinder adjustment is now off again. The patch image is now as far down as it was up before I adjusted it. Perhaps I should have just dropped the camera and it would have been fine.
Seems like there is some slack in the adjustment held by a spring which will slip under even moderate shock. Maybe the alignment problem is no so much down to adjustment at manufacture but more susceptibility to shock and vibration.
Now where did I put those tooth-picks...
Camera seems fine, except that the rangefinder adjustment is now off again. The patch image is now as far down as it was up before I adjusted it. Perhaps I should have just dropped the camera and it would have been fine.
Seems like there is some slack in the adjustment held by a spring which will slip under even moderate shock. Maybe the alignment problem is no so much down to adjustment at manufacture but more susceptibility to shock and vibration.
Now where did I put those tooth-picks...
R
RML
Guest
My heart just dropped an inch! 
lightwriter
Established
I know the feeling. I dropped my 20D almost 2 years ago while on vacation in Florida. I caught the camera strap and the camera/lens came less than an inch from impacting the concrete, at least it seemed that way. It was probably a good 6 inches away. Even though I have all my equipment insured, it's not something pleasant to witness. Hope all is well with the RF mechanism. I had backlash in mine that go so severe that it shifted everytime I fired the shutter.
Good luck.
Carlos
Good luck.
Carlos
bmattock
Veteran
A fellow photographer who is in my photo club dropped her brandy-new Nikon D200 in a pond. Glub. End of camera. Fortunately, she had good insurance - got a new camera the next day. Well, that was good for her, anyway.
Best Regards,
Bill Mattocks
Best Regards,
Bill Mattocks
rami G
Established
I dropped (or, in fact, a very dear one which obviously, I would not accuse of such a horrible event did ;>)) my 10D one week after I got it, very little after it was released to the market, couple of years ago.... it was my first digital camera. I was just about to travel to south africa... it literally broke to little pieces... One comfort that many in this forum might feel- I ended up usiing my M7 and M6ttl for few more long months....
rvaubel
Well-known
One of my pit bulls heard a noise and in the process of going to kill it snaged my R-D1 by it's Luigi strap, pulled it off the footstool to the ground, and drug it across the floor until I cold cocked her in the side of the head with a copy of HBC's "Decisive Moment". Thank God I'm the artistic type or I would have had to use a piece of #8 rebar.
The camera came thru fine. I have a feeling that if the rangefinder is adjusted correctly, in the middle of its range and has sort of "settled in", it will hold alignment pretty well.
Rex
The camera came thru fine. I have a feeling that if the rangefinder is adjusted correctly, in the middle of its range and has sort of "settled in", it will hold alignment pretty well.
Rex
loretdem
Established
I fell climbing an icy patch this past winter, with my R-D1 mounted on a tripod in one hand. It was a nasty fall and the camera hit the hard ice. No damage nor alignment problems whatsoever. It's not a tank but it's pretty well built.
-Carlos NY
-Carlos NY
Mark Norton
Well-known
I agree, it has much more that hewn-from-solid feeling than, for example, Leica's Digilux-2 and having fixed the rangefinder, all's well.
anglophone1
Well-known
Whilst shooting a night parade in a very crowded street in Sicily last month, I turned fast , walked and went completely over a concrete traffic bollard.
I had an RD 1 with 15mm in one hand, and the other with a 21 over my shoulder.
The one in my hand hit the floor first, followed by my face,blood everywhere..........
The 15mm bounced off the pavement and left a nice ring under my eye.
When my companion asked if my face was Ok, apparently I said F***k my face are the cameras OK?
A month later eye is fine, the 15mm front hood has been bent back into shape, and neither RD 1 seems the worse for wear.
Clive
I had an RD 1 with 15mm in one hand, and the other with a 21 over my shoulder.
The one in my hand hit the floor first, followed by my face,blood everywhere..........
The 15mm bounced off the pavement and left a nice ring under my eye.
When my companion asked if my face was Ok, apparently I said F***k my face are the cameras OK?
A month later eye is fine, the 15mm front hood has been bent back into shape, and neither RD 1 seems the worse for wear.
Clive
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