Worst camera demise stories?

[mattmills]

no insurance. and I'd left my film cameras at home to save space. luckily a freind had an extra digi rebel to finish my project on.

 

[sepiareverb]

I was in mexico, shooting turtles nesting with a pair of d200s. We were riding along the beach on ATV's that night, and at about three AM we got to the end and started to head back, and the drivers of the ATV's (there were two of them) started racing, for fun. I was hanging of the ocean side of the back of one. i look at the spedometer- 50MPH. And out of nowhere, there's a little tidewater, about 6 inches of water. The driver hits the breaks, but far too late, and we all go in the water. ATV lands on me, I land on my camera bag in the water. The D200's are toast, as are all of the lenses I had with them in my bag. I was fine, just had a bruise on my hip.

Better the D200's & all the glass than you. Yikes.

 

[whitecat]

I was 200 feet underwater in a cave in the Yucatan. I had a Nikon and a 17mm lens housed in a Subal Housing. Cost about 3000.My partner jerked back and caught my hand so I dropped the rig. I chased it for 30 feet but had to stop because of depth limits and air. I saw it slowly sink deeper and deeper....

 

[Magus]

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[bensyverson]

Ha... I wonder how long the Subal housing will keep out the water... 🙂