Just took a hard fall

[kivis]

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Only a matter of time, I guess. My M-A just took a hard fall from about six feet up on to my very hard cherry wood floor. Bent the lens hood a bit (see I told you they are good for something. After a thorough inspection, everything seems fine. Anyone else?

Only other time when I was a working stiff, I was at a paparazzi shoot. Nudging my way forward to get the shot when all of a sudden a BBC bloke give me a good trip. This was in 1984. Result my meterless Nikon F had a serious knock on the prism and a crack in the VF glass. Oh well, it still served me well for another 30 years. Crack and all.

Edited November 12, 2022 by kivis

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[Al Brown]

 

[Topsy]

Not a fall but I dropped a tripod on top of one of my M9s it knocked out the focus and vertical alignments. 

 

[jankap]

My Canon 135mm f/3.5 LTM (the heavy one) dropped from 70cm height on a stone floor. I wanted to screw another lens into my IIIf. It worked as before, only the use of filters is not possible anymore.☹️

[mshchem]

I've only dropped a camera one time it was my precious Pentax SP 500, 50mm 1.8, destroyed the uv/haze filter, but otherwise unharmed. That was high-school. Now I use a quick release Tamrac strap on every camera I own.

[Huss]

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2 hours ago, kivis said:

Only a matter of time, I guess. My M-A just took a hard fall from about six feet up on to my very hard cherry wood floor. Bent the lens hood a bit (see I told you they are good for something. After a thorough inspection, everything seems fine. Anyone else?

Only other time when I was a working stiff, I was at a paparazzi shoot. Nudging my way forward to get the shot when all of a sudden a BBC bloke give me a good trip. This was in 1984. Result my meterless Nikon F had a serious knock on the prism and a crack in the VF glass. Oh well, it still served me well for another 30 years. Crack and all.

Is your floor ok?

[Huss]

2 hours ago, kivis said:

Only a matter of time, I guess. My M-A just took a hard fall from about six feet up on to my very hard cherry wood floor. Bent the lens hood a bit (see I told you they are good for something. After a thorough inspection, everything seems fine. Anyone else?

Only other time when I was a working stiff, I was at a paparazzi shoot. Nudging my way forward to get the shot when all of a sudden a BBC bloke give me a good trip. This was in 1984. Result my meterless Nikon F had a serious knock on the prism and a crack in the VF glass. Oh well, it still served me well for another 30 years. Crack and all.

P.s correct usage of the word ‘bloke’.  BBC bloke.  The equivalent would be NBC dude.

[69xchange]

The only Leica I’ve dropped is my 3.5cm elmar. Not once but twice right after picking it up, I did the same thing.. I’m  never buying cheap fake slip on caps again and also never holding lens by their front caps again… 

[TomB_tx]

In the 60s-70s the US Leica Photography magazine showed the ultimate drop: a Leica user - skydiver had his M3 strap break when his chute opened a few thousand feet up. After landing he found the camera in a grassy field, cleaned mud off the lens, wound a frame and tripped the shutter - it worked. The repair tech said the major damage was a cracked pressure plate (the original glass-ceramic version).

The only drop I've had in 50+ years was fumbling my 35 Summicron (v2 - 1969) while changing lenses in a hurry. Dropped 3-4 feet to a hardwood floor. Focus was binding so I sent it to DAG who fixed that, but reported some element separation at the edges. Still works fine for my use.