Have you ever dropped your camera? I did last night :(

Ouch!

thats terrible to hear!

I have dropped a camera some years back....i was using a hasselblad medium format camera, i was taking photos at a fire, when someone pulled me out the way of the roof falling, i dropped the camera and metz 60 ct4 flash.....camera was fine (built to last) flash head broke off tho. Lucky ish

Getting out of the car, I dropped my Canon S1IS, breaking the battery door the day after I ordered a Canon Sx40 HS. Fortunately I was able to trade my daughter a Tamron lens from my film camera for her DSLR and she gave me her Cannon S3IS which is an upgrade to be my back-up camera. The camera can be fixed but probably not worth the cost as I now have a replacement.

Story #3
Just happened this past weekend.... Was at a father / son event for my son's school at a pool hall. Brought my camera along to get some pics of the event. About halfway thru, pulled out my camera, flash and flash bracket. Was trying to attach the flash bracket tot he camera but was having all sorts of problems and could not get the screw to set right (a good half hour I am trying)... anyway, I thought I had finally got it on, so I attached the flash, then placed it down on the table, while I went to get set to shoot my shot. As I was looking at the pool table, I notice something rolloing along near my feet and when I look, I realize it is my camera (Only the camera, not the flash or flash bracket). When I looked back at the table, I see the flash bracket had fallen over and I guess I did not have the camera attached securely like I thought I did and it popped off the flash bracket, off the four foot table and down to the floor where it came rolling back to me...

Unfortunately, this time, the camera is really screwed up... Turns on, while switch is in the off position and won't turn off (have to remove battery), turns off while setting up to take photos (have to turn switch off and on again), and lastly, sometimes fails to record the photo, even after it sounds like it is takiing the picture... Went out this mornig to test the camera and take some shots and found that it sometimes did not record anything when I took a picture (can't explain). Looks like It will be going back to Canon for a look-see and estimate. Have been wanting to upgrade for some time... now just gotta see what it will cost to repair, or will I be better off doing my upgrade to the 60D. We shall see.... Lesson Learned: Quit while you're ahead.

I have never drop my camera, but I have came close. The one time I was attaching the camera to the tripod and I swear it was all attached, but I went to move the camera/tripod and the camera fell right off, good thing is the camera's strap got caught on the tripod, so it never hit the ground.

I once dropped a Canon 5d Mark II from a galloping horse. That thing was fine, what a beast! Though it didn't completely survive the whole deployment, there was a small crack in the display screen. But otherwise totally functional.

Here's my story:
It's mid winter.
I'm walking the edge of the river shooting eagles.
I step back and the ice cracks under my feet and down I go ... LOL
To save me from falling completely in the river,
I held my right hand out to break the fall.
Guess what .... my camera is now UNDER WATER .... OMG !

Seeing I was only a few blocks from home, I rushed back
(with frozen water sloshing in my boots) and immediately opened
the camera up removing card, batteries lens off, etc.
I let the camera dry for 3 days without touching it.
Today, it works just fine !
Don't let this happen in salt water though

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> LOL

PS: believe me those eagles were laughing their beaks
off seeing that !

yes I have my old Pentax k1000 not digital into 6 feet of water, luckily clear, so I had to dive in and get it, pulled it apart, dried it out then reconstructed it, and I must say it worked much better than before

My lens dropped out of my dry cabinet thing and onto the floor. It the hood and was fine. They can take a minor drop.

Hope your camera ends up A-OK... I was walking up concrete steps with my 24-70L on my T2i... I was carrying it with my hand around the lens and the strap around my wrist... I missed a step and heard the front of that lens smack into the next step.. very sickening... loosened the filter... the 24-70 became a 30-35...

I sent it to Precision Camera for repair. They did a great job, for a VERY reasonable price, and were quick - couple weeks total from mailing to return - vs. 6-8 weeks and hundreds more through a local chain shop... I was very happy with the work they did to make this expensive piece of glass work again!

Steve Magas

I've had a lens roll off a table, does that count?

I've dropped another person's lens and (as I said above) a lens feel a short distance out of my lens cabinet onto the floor once). Both times there was 0 damage. The first time (with someone else's lens) it was a kit lens. Not an expensive, metal bodied fancy pants lens. It took the fall no problem.

Another time my camera bag was a tad too heavy for the hook on the back of a public toilet door and it dropped 1.5m or so to the ground. Everything was OK aside from a "protective" filter that shattered. Carefully cleaned out the shattered glass and it was all ok.

I've never dropped a camera though. I've bumped it a few times on things as I walked past. Never even thought twice about it. They're very tough actually.