Idiot + Waterfall = Disaster

Nesster · 07-28-2008, 05:52 PM

Me too, I mean the soreness and the polarizer / tripod stuff, I haven't done that in a while. Plus the best place I didn't even take the tripod. I got the most megapixels in a jpeg from the A 28mm lens I've ever recorded from the K100D however, and the detail just went for ever. But aesthetically, the images aren't the greatest. I had high hopes for the Yashica Mat but with other slip ups they didn't come out either.

creampuff · 07-29-2008, 06:55 AM

Good to hear that you did not sustain any serious injury. The photos you've posted are lovely. Chin up.

ftpaddict · 07-29-2008, 07:23 AM

Pictures MORE than made up for it.

Now you'll appreciate them even more!

Hooray for Pentax.

Bramela · 07-29-2008, 12:08 PM

Glad to hear your ok and the camera of course. I suppose the solace in all this can be seen in your beautiful shots. What a magnificent place, even if a bit dangerous. Hard earned but well done!

Nesster · 07-29-2008, 01:26 PM

As a group, we don't need a rubber room, we need a rubber camera and lens

Photo Tramp · 07-29-2008, 01:47 PM

I'm glad things turned out well. but you know I bet your daughter is thinking. (He tells me no but look at the way he has to prove the point) grownups are so weird.

**Mallee Boy** · 07-30-2008, 03:00 PM

Hey Robin....we expect to see the action shots as you go down...please.
I mean, hell mate, its one thing to take a tumble, but not to have the presence of mind to whiz the camera up and fire off a couple of shots on the way down and through the tumble is, well...just not in the Pentax spirit...

Glad all has ended well and not too much damage done. I took a tumble myself a few weeks back in pouring rain (camera was in the bag & couldn't get the zip undone quick enough

).....just in case you were wondering.

Cheers.

**rparmar** · 07-31-2008, 02:20 AM

Originally posted by Photo Tramp

I'm glad things turned out well. but you know I bet your daughter is thinking. (He tells me no but look at the way he has to prove the point) grownups are so weird.

I think she got a bit of a laugh out of it. Heck, even I did!

Originally posted by Mallee Boy

I mean, hell mate, its one thing to take a tumble, but not to have the presence of mind to whiz the camera up and fire off a couple of shots on the way down and through the tumble is, well...just not in the Pentax spirit...

This might have happened except that I at least had the good sense to turn it off before moving camera and tripod down a slippery slope. Next time I'll do this when the others are around so my partner can snap a couple images with the point and shoot!

**barondla** · 07-31-2008, 08:31 PM

Glad you are well. Slippery rocks can be very dangerous. The camera is darn rugged. Your pictures are beautiful. I don't seem to have as much luck with streams and other bodies of water. Must try a Pola filter soon.
I did the same thing you did except I fell down a water fall! I was bunged up but survived. My poor 50 1.4 Olympus Zuiko lens didn't. It smashed the close focused lens in past infinity. The helicoids were totaled. OM1 still worked. Everything in back pack I was carrying survived. Was very lucky like you. Friend watched a man fall to his death at Falls Creek Falls water fall in Tn. Be careful out there everyone.
thanks
barondla

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07-28-2008, 05:52 PM	#16
Nesster Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: NJ USA Photos: Gallery Posts: 13,072	Me too, I mean the soreness and the polarizer / tripod stuff, I haven't done that in a while. Plus the best place I didn't even take the tripod. I got the most megapixels in a jpeg from the A 28mm lens I've ever recorded from the K100D however, and the detail just went for ever. But aesthetically, the images aren't the greatest. I had high hopes for the Yashica Mat but with other slip ups they didn't come out either.

07-29-2008, 06:55 AM	#17
creampuff Veteran Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: Singapore Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,953	Good to hear that you did not sustain any serious injury. The photos you've posted are lovely. Chin up.

07-29-2008, 07:23 AM	#18
ftpaddict Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Yurp Photos: Gallery Posts: 4,666	Pictures MORE than made up for it. Now you'll appreciate them even more! Hooray for Pentax.

07-29-2008, 12:08 PM	#19
Bramela Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Newcastle Australia Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 5,284	Glad to hear your ok and the camera of course. I suppose the solace in all this can be seen in your beautiful shots. What a magnificent place, even if a bit dangerous. Hard earned but well done!

07-29-2008, 01:26 PM	#20
Nesster Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: NJ USA Photos: Gallery Posts: 13,072	As a group, we don't need a rubber room, we need a rubber camera and lens

07-29-2008, 01:47 PM	#21
Photo Tramp Inactive Account Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Lancaster, PA. Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,041	I'm glad things turned out well. but you know I bet your daughter is thinking. (He tells me no but look at the way he has to prove the point) grownups are so weird.

07-30-2008, 03:00 PM	#22
Mallee Boy Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: South Australia Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 3,904	Hey Robin....we expect to see the action shots as you go down...please. I mean, hell mate, its one thing to take a tumble, but not to have the presence of mind to whiz the camera up and fire off a couple of shots on the way down and through the tumble is, well...just not in the Pentax spirit... Glad all has ended well and not too much damage done. I took a tumble myself a few weeks back in pouring rain (camera was in the bag & couldn't get the zip undone quick enough ).....just in case you were wondering. Cheers.

07-31-2008, 02:20 AM	#23
rparmar Site Supporter Join Date: Jan 2008 Photos: Gallery Posts: 8,819 Original Poster	Originally posted by Photo Tramp I'm glad things turned out well. but you know I bet your daughter is thinking. (He tells me no but look at the way he has to prove the point) grownups are so weird. I think she got a bit of a laugh out of it. Heck, even I did! Originally posted by Mallee Boy I mean, hell mate, its one thing to take a tumble, but not to have the presence of mind to whiz the camera up and fire off a couple of shots on the way down and through the tumble is, well...just not in the Pentax spirit... This might have happened except that I at least had the good sense to turn it off before moving camera and tripod down a slippery slope. Next time I'll do this when the others are around so my partner can snap a couple images with the point and shoot!

07-31-2008, 08:31 PM	#24
barondla Site Supporter Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: midwest, United States Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 5,714	Glad you are well. Slippery rocks can be very dangerous. The camera is darn rugged. Your pictures are beautiful. I don't seem to have as much luck with streams and other bodies of water. Must try a Pola filter soon. I did the same thing you did except I fell down a water fall! I was bunged up but survived. My poor 50 1.4 Olympus Zuiko lens didn't. It smashed the close focused lens in past infinity. The helicoids were totaled. OM1 still worked. Everything in back pack I was carrying survived. Was very lucky like you. Friend watched a man fall to his death at Falls Creek Falls water fall in Tn. Be careful out there everyone. thanks barondla Check out POINT & SHOOT CONTEST #9 WINNERS in P&S forum. Enter #10.