What have you just DROPPED?

[unixrevolution]

I figure we need a place to vent about the accidents I know we all have sometimes.

This is where you tell us what you just dropped, broke, misplaced, or lost. It can be your fault, a friend, family member, or the camera's fault, if the camera simply broke in your hands.

I just dropped by Pentax MX. It was wearing the 40mm f/2.8, I thought I had it by the strap, but it hit the concrete outside my workplace.

No damage, apart from a small scuff on the bottom plate. The focus screen popped loose but I put it back in. Good as new!

So tell us, What have you just dropped?

 

[css9450]

I posted once before about my Nikon N90S... I was on my way to the door carrying my camera bag which unbeknownst to me was not zipped closed at the top. Just as I turned the corner to go down the stairs, my N90S rolled out and started down the stairs all by itself; Bang! Bang! Bang! One step at a time. Its an old house with steep wooden stairs so it made a ton of noise. I retrieved it at the bottom, checked it out quickly, and put it back in the bag. Never missed a beat!

 

[Danielsan]

dropped my Ricoh gr while riding my bike 2 weeks ago.
The zip on my little beltbag loosened and it fell out straight to the concrete.
I was so lucky it only has a minor scratch at the bottom and one of the screws must have popped out, but works perfectly.
Love that little thing just the more now...

 

[nikon_sam]

I had my Fujifilm FinePix S3Pro in the backseat of my 4Runner...when I opened the back door it fell out and rolled to the ground...I picked it up and quickly looked at it...saw a scuff mark of the rear dial and the lens hood was pushed back...that was it.
It works just fine...I was impressed...I'm glad I didn't take my D3x that morning...

 

[ChrisPlatt]

The last time I dropped a camera was years ago. The wind at Fort Tilden blew the tiny Ricoh FF-1 right out of my hands.
Of course I didn't have my hand through the wrist strap. Though it fell on soft beach sand it would no longer advance film.

Years before that I literally fell on my Olympus 35RC, tripping up a set of sidewalk stairs near The Fenway in Boston.
After that I noticed the lens barrel was loose. The camera still worked fine, but IIRC my ribs hurt for a week after.

A heavy glass door (at a camera store, naturally) once closed and came between me and my trusty Nikon Photomic FTn.
The neckstrap kept the camera from falling to the ground but it hit the metal frame hard, and I hit my head on the glass.
It emerged completely unscathed and continued to work perfectly. I refer to the camera of course, not my head... 😛

Chris

 

[Spanik]

Last thing I dropped was a 21mm viewfinder. The plastic is cracked but it still functions.

 

[majid]

My fancy Swiss watch. It actually keeps better time now, but at least one of the dials is wonky and adjustments feel rough, so I sent it for servicing, and awaiting the estimate with no small amount of dread.

Photographers like to complain about the high price of the Leica M10, Fuji GFX50S or Hasselblad X1D, but they are actually about the same as an entry-level mechanical watch.

 

[Moto-Uno]

First was a YashicaMat in Mexico on the rock streets ( rum and patient experimenting brought it back to usable state) next was a CoolPix S-210 that jammed the lens at an angle , that was a serious challenge to replace the lens and motor, but it was to no avail, I couldn't re-solder the printed cable successfully. I've reassessed how I use my cameras ..
Peter

 

[mpaniagua]

About two weeks ago I dropped a Leica III 🙁 eyepiece shell was broken. Been repaired though. It is in users condition, no collector condition so no big loss. Thank good this cameras are build like a tank 🙂.

Regards

Marcelo.

 

[michaelwj]

Photographers like to complain about the high price of the Leica M10, Fuji GFX50S or Hasselblad X1D, but they are actually about the same as an entry-level mechanical watch.

And similarly both have been replaced by smartphones for 99% of the population 😀

And with that seamless segue the last camera I dropped way my iPhone 5, dropped a few weeks ago. The screen popped out most of the way, I could see it's guts underneath. I just pushed it back in and it continues to work.

 

[sepiareverb]

I dropped my Ricoh GR trying to put it in the back of the car while in a bag. Just fell out, hit the pavement and skittered along under the car. I had to move the car to reach it on the wet ground. Ricoh repaired it good as new. Years ago I literally hurled a Pentax LX and 24~50 zoom to the ground in a parking lot. It wasn't in fact around my neck, just on my lap. Watched it bounce and bounce and bounce. Shattered the front element of the lens and thrashed the finder. Also repaired, and I shot both for years afterwards.

 

[Oren Grad]

Last weekend, while reaching for something else I managed to swat my Canon IXY Digital 55 off of a coffee table and on to a hard floor. Slippery little thing! 😱 Happily, no apparent damage and it seems to be working fine.

 

[Dante_Stella]

Leica Frankenfinder! A tiny nick on the inside, not visible through the finder. Though to be honest, I'm not sure whether that happened in the most recent spill or when it hit the marble floor at MoMA five years ago... but whatever, it's a very tough viewfinder that I've never actually used with a Leica (I use it most with a GL690 Fuji).

My 6yo son, on the other hand, dropped my M240 and a 35/1.4 ASPH. No permanent damage, though that's something of a heart-attack kind of thing. Or like Abraham and Isaac, just forgetting to hear the voice at the end that tells you not to sacrifice your firstborn.

Dante

 

[gb hill]

Dropped my Canon 35-70 fd lens & busted the plastic focus ring. Cheap plastic just fell apart so trashed it. Gotta be careful with the latter Canon FD lenses. The older breech mounts made tougher but heavier. Good thing I only paid 10 bucks for it.

 

[Mark J]

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42 years ago, I dropped onto my two Leica M3's. One required a pair of pliers to remove the film canister. After two separate repair agencies, it was fixed. I still use them on occasion. The one still has plier marks on the film compartment. The camera saved my hip from damaged. Sturdy little buggers.

 

[lawnpotter]

I must have dropped my phone at least a hundred times in the last 3 years but it is a flip phone so no damage. Last month I dropped my shock proof panasonic lumix dmc-ts20. It takes terrible pictures but its always with me and I never worry about it.

 

[christopheradams]

Dubai Airport, late at night after a flight from Paris. Was re-arranging things at baggage claim and leaned over without realizing my camera bag was open, spilling an M6 plus 35mm lens and a light meter onto the hard tile. Aperture blades of the lens were dislocated, and the swivel head of the light meter snapped off. M6 was fine.

This is the last picture I took before the accident.


Ilona by Christopher Adams, on Flickr

 

[seany65]

I broke my Gevaert Gevabox (version 2?). Only had it a couple of days.

I'd managed to find out that there's a removable narrow panel that gives access to the front part which holds the shutter and viewfinders and I'd been able to clean the vertical viewfinders' lenses and mirror but had trouble getting to the horizontal arrangement. Anyway, I noticed that ther was a piece of wood along the top behind both mirrors which didn't look like it was doing anything. I removed it.

Either the piece of wood was doing something (no idea what though), or it had damaged something on it's way down to the bottom of the camera or I'd damaged something when trying to pull it out, but the shutter stopped working properly. After firing on 'M' (1/30th) the curtain didn't close correctly or sometimes it wouldn't open etc. It wouldn't open at all on 'B'.

So now it's broken and thrown out.

I really want to smack my head in for breaking it. I had plans for that camera. I hope to get another one soon.

If I break that one as well I prolly won't b able to type for a few months as I may break my fingers to punish myself.

Interestingly though, I noticed that it had several wires in it going from place to place, at least one seemed to be attached to the back of one of the mirrors.

 

[Dogman]

Earlier today I dropped a box of ink jet paper that landed on my Epson R3000's slide out tray that catches and holds finished prints. Paper and the tray both hit the floor with a loud crash and I added to the noise with some verbal abuse aimed at my clumsiness. It took a few minutes but I got the tray reattached and it appears no permanent damage was done.

If we go into my history of dropping things, I have a number of stories about broken cameras and lenses. One of the most frustrating was when I was changing lenses and put a brand new Nikkor 180/2.8 on the roof of my car only to inadvertently swat it off with my arm. It hit the concrete parking lot and rolled under my car, leaving a trail of broken glass. It turned out the glass was from the UV filter and the lens only had some scuffs and scratches. I had to remove the filter ring with pliers but the threads were intact. I used that lens without problem for several more years until I pretty much wore it out.

 

[Doug]

Olympus 35RC bought used for $90 in 1972, extensive rebuild in 2003 including replacing top & bottom covers with better ones without dents or scratches, foam, meter repair, etc, $93. Sweet little camera...

At the time I kept cameras on the closet shelf above the clothes rack, and somehow snagged the 35RC while accessing another camera... down it came, impacting a wire rack and denting the lens filter ring. Darn, that was careless! 🙁