$18,000 worth of photography gear destroyed!

9 years 11 months ago #376594 by Alex
Talk about a crappy day!  This photographer who was covering a Croatia high school event where you see one student tossing a girl into a water fountain.  Then two guys come in and push the photographer gear in all, in the the water fountain! 

The folks with PetaPixel nailed this one "Reason number 14,526 why you should insure your gear ".   Apparently the photographer had the following gear on him, that took the bath with him: Nikon D3 and D4, Nikon 70-200mm f/2.8, Nikon 17-35mm f/2.8, Nikon 35-70mm f/2.8 ,an Apple 64GB iPad Retina and iPhone5s!  




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9 years 11 months ago #376595 by Allen Carrel
Holy crap that is just bad luck!  I hope those brats parents paid for that photographers gear!


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9 years 11 months ago #376597 by Roman Omell
I'm speechless 


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9 years 11 months ago #376598 by effron
Its Nikon, toss it in the clothes dryer for half an hour and all will be fine......:ohmy:

Why so serious?
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9 years 11 months ago #376602 by Flash Steven
I read about this, the kids were caught and they did have to pay for the replacement gear.  Which is good!

Canon 7D w/grip, Canon 40D, Canon 70-200mm f2.8 IS L Canon MPE 65mm f2.8 macro; Sigma 70-300mm f2.8; Sigma 150mm f2.8 macro; Sigma 8-16mm f4.5-5.6
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9 years 11 months ago #376603 by Flash Steven
You talk about insurance, chances are in Croatia there isn't insurance on stuff like this! 

Canon 7D w/grip, Canon 40D, Canon 70-200mm f2.8 IS L Canon MPE 65mm f2.8 macro; Sigma 70-300mm f2.8; Sigma 150mm f2.8 macro; Sigma 8-16mm f4.5-5.6
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9 years 11 months ago #376605 by Miss Polly
And the jerk tried pushing the photographer back into the water :evil:


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9 years 11 months ago #376610 by Tim Chiang
Once out, I would kick the @#$% out of those guys!  


well, in court at least!  


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9 years 11 months ago #376611 by Stealthy Ninja
Funny enough, if he had a 1Dx his equipment would have been fine (just kidding).


I wonder if his gear is totally ruined. The D3/4 series of cameras has pretty good sealing... I mean usually you don't dip them into water, but people have washed them with a hose and they weren't destroyed.

Still, stupid move on those kids behalf and I'm glad they had to pay to replace the gear. If my gear got destroyed in a similar way I'd have the police there asap and seek legal advice on who to sue.
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9 years 11 months ago #376623 by Pettigrew
That is just horrible!  

Canon EOS 7D SLR | XT W/18-55 Kit Lens | Canon 50mm 1.8 | Tamron 17-50mm 2.8 | Canon 28-105mm | Canon 75-300mm | Canon 100mm 2.8 Macro | Canon 100-400
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9 years 11 months ago #376639 by Overread
I would be furious!  Some people just don't have any respect. 


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9 years 11 months ago #376642 by Luca
I feel bad for that photographer, those kids need to smarten up


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9 years 11 months ago #376656 by Superman
Messed up

Nikon D90 & D40 18-55mm, 55-200mm, 35mm, 50mm, 105mm, SB600
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9 years 11 months ago #376688 by Lzb1961
That is just horrible. I actually cringed.


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9 years 11 months ago #376700 by Glen Martin
Ouch, that ruined his day!


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