Hopefully, the Off-Camera Flash was Safe
Ever drop an expensive digital camera?
I have. They are surprisingly robust, all things considered. What matters is (a) how high they were dropped from, and (b) where they land.
I'm thinking this one might have to go to the shop:
Speaking of extraterrestrial photo gear, check out the Nikon cameras (small|hi-res) in the space shuttle. Wonder where they keep the Canon stuff?
(Via RobGalbraith.com)
Editor's note: After putting this post up before bed last night, I had one of those realistic, all-night-long dreams wherein I was secretly using my own Canon gear (which I do not really have) on assignment for The Sun. Then, I would just bring the cards into the office to edit, tone and caption so no one else would know.
Strange.
Equally strange is that this is the first time I have ever had a dream that was in any way related to the website. Which is surprising when you consider how many evening and late-night writing sessions are spent in its support.
I have. They are surprisingly robust, all things considered. What matters is (a) how high they were dropped from, and (b) where they land.
I'm thinking this one might have to go to the shop:
Speaking of extraterrestrial photo gear, check out the Nikon cameras (small|hi-res) in the space shuttle. Wonder where they keep the Canon stuff?
(Via RobGalbraith.com)
Editor's note: After putting this post up before bed last night, I had one of those realistic, all-night-long dreams wherein I was secretly using my own Canon gear (which I do not really have) on assignment for The Sun. Then, I would just bring the cards into the office to edit, tone and caption so no one else would know.
Strange.
Equally strange is that this is the first time I have ever had a dream that was in any way related to the website. Which is surprising when you consider how many evening and late-night writing sessions are spent in its support.
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18 Comments:
As it costs something like $10,000 to send 1lb of weight up in a shuttle you an imagine how expensive that camera will be to replace.
I was waiting for someone to curse. I certainly would have at the thought of losing that equipment!
Donncha
I'll be standing out in my front yard with a butterfly net and see if I can catch it tonight.
Hope the camera is heat proof during the whole re-entry!
I keep wondering what that camera is going to do when it collides, at 17,000 mph or so, with the next shuttle that goes up there or with some multibillion dollar KH-series spy satellite! Although I guess anything at the same altitude is going to be moving at roughly the same speed. Hate for it to knock a heat-shield tile loose!
Wonder if ground radar can track a D2x at 200 miles up? Remember reading somewhere how during the cold war both sides were tracking just about every piece of space trash in orbit lest the other side slip in a nuke or something up there.
How cool would it be for Nikon if someone recovered a charred but still working D2x from the Australian outback or some other remote place? At least you know that US dealers probably wouldn't honor the warranty!
I'm paraphrasing something I saw on Digg, but...
Insurance claim form
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Item: Expensive Camera
Loss: Outer Space
Claim: DENIED
Yeah, the repair cost would be high. That is, assuming they find it.
Wow. Imagine shooting all day with a 400mm 2.8, handheld, and never getting tired!
I can't imagine my voss being so relaxed if i just said oh, sorry lost my camera!
haha. I thought these guys had jet packs and stuff. ;-)
there are a lot of stuff....also an stereo camera!
http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-13/html/iss013e82951.html
There's some good Hasselblad gear just sitting around on the moon.
Also check out this photo with a lot more gear visible:
http://spaceflight1.nasa.gov/gallery/images/station/crew-13/html/iss013e82951.html
I always new that Nikon cameras were out of this world.
Now I know what that "shooting star" was I saw streaking across the sky last night!
D2H's are tough, but that's probably a little more heat than the design specs anticipated.
No Canons, too bad, however one of the standard shuttle camcorders is the Canon XL1
Glad to hear you have had better luck when dropping things. I've done my fair share to keep the Nikon service center well funded. 35-70 f2.8 rolled off the table, breaking the UV filter which scratched the front lens element. D70 with 80-200 f2.8 fell off the tripod and landed on the back of the camera. Lens was fine, but the plastic D70 did not fare well at all. Most recently dropped my D200 (inside a Crumpler bag). The strap post hit through the bag lid, cracking the plastic case and jarred the LCD display loose.
About 20 ago when starting out, I was shooting some divers at work alongside a pier down the docks. Changing lenses on one of my Contax 139 bodies, my pride and joy 135mm Carl Zeiss slipped from my fingers, bounced of the pier and plonked into 20 meters of water! Lucky the divers were there to do an instant retrieval! Lens went straight to a repair place in a bag of the brine and from memory cost only a couple of hundred to clean up. Dent from hitting the deck was minimal.
Now a Canon shooter ;-)
I knew it... Nikonians do dream about Canon gear. I doubt it is vice-versa.
As for where the International Space Station (ISS) keeps their Canons well they are probably being used.
NASA does some nice off-camera lighting too...
http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/166211main_land-lg.jpg
It took me about 2 weeks to drop my new canon 5D--the first expensive DSLR I've ever dropped. From about 2.5ft onto concrete! One of the only days in my life I was actually glad to be 5'6". Just some scuffs thank goodness. The irony is that it helped me get over a bad case new camera love.
I do wish it would have been my old F100. That thing was a Tis-ank!
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