>be me >retarded >can’t decide what lenses to take on a hike so I pack them all along with a jumper and beanie for later in the evening when it might be cold >forget my headtorch because I’m retarded >set off on my hike (it’s not going to take long, only about fifty metres elevation) >chilling, walkin’, snappin’ shots along the way >getting late >get anxious to find a good lookout >hustle to the top of the cliff face >dat_view.jpg >poke around looking for a trail right to the edge of the cliff >find an ok view and pull out my telephoto zoom, packing away my wide angle zoom and rolling up in my jumper my 28mm prime I brought in case I wanted to do flash photography at another location >chekhovs_gun.docx >take photos but get annoyed by scrub blocking my view >go back to the main trail and go further along >FINALLY, unobstructed view >have a seat about two metres from the edge >loose rock but I figure I’ll be ok, just “don’t die” >take some telephoto landscape shots handheld before begrudgingly setting up the tripod >worth it >the light is fading >better head back before it’s too dark >I’ll pack up my camera, don’t need it on the way down >take my jumper out >it unrolls >the 28mm leaps out and rolls down the cliff >shocked_pikachu.jpg >didn’t hear it smash though >only fell about five metres, maybe it’s in one piece? >find a way down >looking by the light of my phone >find the front lens cap >epig >look a little more >find the lens in one piece >pick it up, it’s a bit dirty… >that’s it >wtf? >get back to my friend’s house nearby and clean it, check its operation >one scratch on the front element >none on the rear >aperture ring works >focus ring doesn’t turn smoothly through its entire range, feels like I need to force it to get to 0.28 or infinity >picrel: the cliff not bad going for a lens that fell off a cliff what’s yuor worst photography-related fuck up, anon?
>finally decide to treat myself and upgrade my 20 year old setup >R6MkIII and some wide L glass I've always wanted >get in the car and head towards one of the state parks around me >"eh, I dont need to bring my whole bag, I'll just put the camera on the front seat" >beboppin down the local roads to get on the interstate >round a corner and there is an entire family of geese in the road >slam on the brakes not thinking >camera launches into the dash and then slams to the floor >pull over and the screen had opened but other than that no damage to the lens or body >10/10 luck >will always pack shit in my bag from now on
>>4513668(OP) >had 2 cameras RIP to the sun >one mirrorless, one DSLR >both repaired free from the manufacturer
>request a camera from brand rep to try out >nothing, email to follow up, email again to follow up >camera gets sent to me with no further communication >never told to return it and no longer work for the camera store anymore >too bad the camera isn awful to use
>up front at wedding getting ready for aisle shots >phone in pocket >forgot to turn off, it starts ringing >yank it out power it off, set it up on a ledge >happens so fast that most ever assumed it was a guests that I snatched and set aside
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>>4513674 Don't stop for anything smaller than deers. Fuck those geese for shitting up my local lake. Makes sense they're Canadian, lmao!
>>4513674 >place expensive electronic outside of protective unit because muh nothing ever happens mindset >something happens Brother it's like never using your seatbelt because you've never crashed. Lucky for you it just bounced around harmlessly but lenses can decenter their elements surprisingly easy so be fucking careful.