What have you broken, dropped, smashed recently?

Nesster · 04-16-2011, 03:17 PM

We all have mishaps and boneheaded things we rue, often privately... so for therapeutic reasons, and because some of these are good stories:

What have you dropped, broken, smashed, can't put together again, or ruined recently?

Nesster · 04-16-2011, 03:21 PM

I will start.

A couple of months ago, I put my K100D on a stack of magazines... and the damn thing fell 3 ft to the floor. Like butter on a bread, the camera fell on the 43 LTD, bending the attached shade. I watched dollar bills fly out the window... but everything else is OK, and I could bend the shade back to approximately round.

But that's not the end of lens shades: good or bad.

I take a camera to work every day, in a back pack... I loaded the ES-II and SMC Takumar 50/1.4, and put an Asahi metal shade on the lens. As it turns out I didn't take any pics... but the extra leverage of the shade must have resulted in a bump that loosened something with the front elements. It now rocks instead of being rock solid. Fewer dollar bills are flying out the window... but I don't know if I will be able to fix this one.

Nesster · 04-16-2011, 06:07 PM

Les: OUCH!

**dadipentak** · 04-16-2011, 07:08 PM

Originally posted by Nesster

What have you broken, dropped, smashed recently?

Since you ask this question, I gather you're aware of my history of destructive mishaps.

I've had pretty good luck of late (knock wood) although I did drop my Kenko TC on concrete the other day. It wasn't a long drop and I think it's ok and it's my least used TC but still...

Last edited by dadipentak; 04-16-2011 at 07:30 PM.

dgaies · 04-16-2011, 07:45 PM

If it doesn't have to be photography related, I lost it with my computer at work and slammed my fist into the keyboard and about 2 dozen of the keys flew off. I was able to pop most of the keys back in, but the little legs that tilt the keyboard at an angle were destroyed. Guess when I get carpal tunnel syndrome I'll have no one to blame but myself

Jodokast96 · 04-16-2011, 07:53 PM

Hadn't come across this posted anywhere else on the site, but I guess it kind of fits here. Forgive me if it has, or you don't find it relevant.

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Steinback · 04-16-2011, 08:19 PM

I bought an M50mm f/1.7 cheap because somebody else had dropped it (likely years ago). The front element group seems to be getting looser from rattling around in a pouch of my camera bag so it is approaching time to open everything up to and see what's messed up. Mechanically and optically the rest of the lens is fine.

KxBlaze · 04-17-2011, 02:01 AM

A golf club!

**dadipentak** · 04-17-2011, 05:01 AM

Originally posted by dgaies

If it doesn't have to be photography related, I lost it with my computer at work and slammed my fist into the keyboard and about 2 dozen of the keys flew off. I was able to pop most of the keys back in, but the little legs that tilt the keyboard at an angle were destroyed. Guess when I get carpal tunnel syndrome I'll have no one to blame but myself

Oh, that must have been very satisfying! On behalf of all of us who have had the impulse, I salute you.

dgaies · 04-17-2011, 05:49 AM

Originally posted by dadipentak

Oh, that must have been very satisfying! On behalf of all of us who have had the impulse, I salute you.

It was

Tom S. · 04-17-2011, 11:08 AM

Umm, the last thing I 'broke' was my left foot. Does that count?

**Dma110** · 04-17-2011, 11:16 AM

Tom, if we're talking body parts,I'll see your broken left foot and raise you eight broken vertebra & one fractured skull

Tom S. · 04-18-2011, 06:59 AM

Originally posted by Dma110

Tom, if we're talking body parts,I'll see your broken left foot and raise you eight broken vertebra & one fractured skull

No problem! The foot was the 11th fracture I've managed to obtain during my illustrious and sometimes painful life.

**ChrisPlatt** · 04-18-2011, 07:44 AM

Several of the CF memory slot pins on my daughter's Canon G5 digicam somehow got bent.
I assume she tried to force a card in upside down, but she denies everything.

It was quite difficult using a tiny screwdriver to bend them back inside that narrow slot
while holding a magnifier and flashlight. My old eyes sure ain't what they used to be.

Several times I felt like tossing the damn thing in frustration but eventually I got it straightened out.
I wonder though, if I hadn't succeeded would she finally start using that K1000 I gave her?

Chris

reeftool · 04-18-2011, 08:38 AM

I accidently left the zipper down on my Lowepro backpack on one side and my Sigma 70-300 fell out on the ground. The zoom doesn't work right. Turning the zoom ring doesn't do anything at all but I can push/pull straight out for zoom. It still seems to focus so far and the AF works. It's not an expensive lens but I had an exceptionally good copy.

04-16-2011, 03:17 PM	#1
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04-16-2011, 03:21 PM	#2
Nesster Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: NJ USA Photos: Gallery Posts: 13,072 Original Poster	I will start. A couple of months ago, I put my K100D on a stack of magazines... and the damn thing fell 3 ft to the floor. Like butter on a bread, the camera fell on the 43 LTD, bending the attached shade. I watched dollar bills fly out the window... but everything else is OK, and I could bend the shade back to approximately round. But that's not the end of lens shades: good or bad. I take a camera to work every day, in a back pack... I loaded the ES-II and SMC Takumar 50/1.4, and put an Asahi metal shade on the lens. As it turns out I didn't take any pics... but the extra leverage of the shade must have resulted in a bump that loosened something with the front elements. It now rocks instead of being rock solid. Fewer dollar bills are flying out the window... but I don't know if I will be able to fix this one.

04-16-2011, 06:07 PM	#3
Nesster Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: NJ USA Photos: Gallery Posts: 13,072 Original Poster	Les: OUCH!

04-16-2011, 07:08 PM	#4
dadipentak Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Baltimore, Maryland Photos: Gallery Posts: 11,590	Originally posted by Nesster What have you broken, dropped, smashed recently? Since you ask this question, I gather you're aware of my history of destructive mishaps. I've had pretty good luck of late (knock wood) although I did drop my Kenko TC on concrete the other day. It wasn't a long drop and I think it's ok and it's my least used TC but still... Last edited by dadipentak; 04-16-2011 at 07:30 PM.

04-16-2011, 07:45 PM	#5
dgaies Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Maryland / Washington DC Posts: 3,917	If it doesn't have to be photography related, I lost it with my computer at work and slammed my fist into the keyboard and about 2 dozen of the keys flew off. I was able to pop most of the keys back in, but the little legs that tilt the keyboard at an angle were destroyed. Guess when I get carpal tunnel syndrome I'll have no one to blame but myself

04-16-2011, 08:19 PM	#7
Steinback Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: GTA, ON, Canada Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 1,673	I bought an M50mm f/1.7 cheap because somebody else had dropped it (likely years ago). The front element group seems to be getting looser from rattling around in a pouch of my camera bag so it is approaching time to open everything up to and see what's messed up. Mechanically and optically the rest of the lens is fine.

04-17-2011, 02:01 AM	#8
KxBlaze Veteran Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: California Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,602	A golf club!

04-17-2011, 05:01 AM	#9
dadipentak Site Supporter Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Baltimore, Maryland Photos: Gallery Posts: 11,590	Originally posted by dgaies If it doesn't have to be photography related, I lost it with my computer at work and slammed my fist into the keyboard and about 2 dozen of the keys flew off. I was able to pop most of the keys back in, but the little legs that tilt the keyboard at an angle were destroyed. Guess when I get carpal tunnel syndrome I'll have no one to blame but myself Oh, that must have been very satisfying! On behalf of all of us who have had the impulse, I salute you.

04-17-2011, 05:49 AM	#10
dgaies Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Maryland / Washington DC Posts: 3,917	Originally posted by dadipentak Oh, that must have been very satisfying! On behalf of all of us who have had the impulse, I salute you. It was

04-17-2011, 11:08 AM	#11
Tom S. Veteran Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: S.E. Michigan Photos: Albums Posts: 4,317	Umm, the last thing I 'broke' was my left foot. Does that count?

04-17-2011, 11:16 AM	#12
Dma110 Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Gilbert Arizona Posts: 559	Tom, if we're talking body parts,I'll see your broken left foot and raise you eight broken vertebra & one fractured skull

04-18-2011, 06:59 AM	#13
Tom S. Veteran Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: S.E. Michigan Photos: Albums Posts: 4,317	Originally posted by Dma110 Tom, if we're talking body parts,I'll see your broken left foot and raise you eight broken vertebra & one fractured skull No problem! The foot was the 11th fracture I've managed to obtain during my illustrious and sometimes painful life.

04-18-2011, 07:44 AM	#14
ChrisPlatt Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Rockaway Beach NYC Posts: 7,694	Several of the CF memory slot pins on my daughter's Canon G5 digicam somehow got bent. I assume she tried to force a card in upside down, but she denies everything. It was quite difficult using a tiny screwdriver to bend them back inside that narrow slot while holding a magnifier and flashlight. My old eyes sure ain't what they used to be. Several times I felt like tossing the damn thing in frustration but eventually I got it straightened out. I wonder though, if I hadn't succeeded would she finally start using that K1000 I gave her? Chris

04-18-2011, 08:38 AM	#15
reeftool Pentaxian Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Upstate New York Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 9,554	I accidently left the zipper down on my Lowepro backpack on one side and my Sigma 70-300 fell out on the ground. The zoom doesn't work right. Turning the zoom ring doesn't do anything at all but I can push/pull straight out for zoom. It still seems to focus so far and the AF works. It's not an expensive lens but I had an exceptionally good copy.