I was a second shooter for a wedding last weekend. I use the 70-200 f2.8 newest one with IS. The base plate was loose and when I try to take the body off, the lens fell to the floor. Repair are gonna be $460. On a student's budget that's a lot. I could almost buy a new camera with that money. Just coming here to rant, anybody else broke equipment before?

Cheer up grass hopper, couldn't be as bad as this guy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciqSdgLh_1w

Cheer up grass hopper, couldn't be as bad as this guy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciqSdgLh_1w
man I lulz so hard. I like how his assistant take the camera first and then try to help the guy up

Several years ago I was shooting a training session of cops driving on a frozen lake to improve their ice-driving skills. As the last car passed by me I heard a cracking sound, then...

You guessed it: My brand new Sony EX3 (with two $500 radio-mics attached) and I dropped straight down into 6 feet of ice water.

Life goes on. I promise.

how you get the money to replace those equipment? I can't imagine what would happen if I total the 70-200 and have to pay for a whole new lens.

I tried to bully my homeowner's insurance to cough up the ten grand, but no such luck. That's why god invented credit cards. Took me almost a year to pay it off.

You should have insurance, I have it with Travellers for almost 20 years now, but never broke or loss any equipment, but better safe than sorrow.

Nothing worst than what happened to a photographer friend of mine. Someone stole his camera during a wedding shoot. All the photos taken (Bride prep, ceremony, park) gone. It got stolen at the reception. Good thing he has a back-up camera. So imagine shooting the reception knowing that you have to break the news to the couple.

I'll take the $ 460, 1 wedding gig should pay for that.

Hope this cheers you up.

Ouch...oh well just think that it could have been much, much worse ..
speaking of stolen equipment, at a wedding reception last year, someone swiped my vintage Nikkor 135mm lens , Vixia cam HG10 and a case with 8 SD cards (16GB), thankfully they grabbed the wrong SD case since those were blank and only for emergency backup. oh yeah this was at a cop's wedding :(

Kren

hey Kren, I'm thinking of buying vintage Nikkor 135 lens for weddings, what you think? It was between 135 or 180

I've had a lot of close calls the past two years but the odds caught up with me as I had back to back lens drops at my last two weddings. My 24-70 2,8 and a 24 1.4. Great experience with Canon repair in Jamesburg NJ. They fixed one for free and the other (which was badly damaged) for a reasonable fixed fee. Plus they gave me a first time customer discount and a very fast turnaround.

Art

I've had a lot of close calls the past two years but the odds caught up with me as I had back to back lens drops at my last two weddings. My 24-70 2,8 and a 24 1.4. Great experience with Canon repair in Jamesburg NJ. They fixed one for free and the other (which was badly damaged) for a reasonable fixed fee. Plus they gave me a first time customer discount and a very fast turnaround.

Art
are you kidding me? they fixed it for free. And how you keep dropping it? it wasn't my fault I dropped it, it was the quick release plate fault. What's your excuse?

I learned how to make video at RMITV, a student video/TV production house. For years the cameras have been in very high rotation, doing outdoors, indoors, going through all sorts of abuse. Every camera would be broken needing repair about once every 6 months and completely destroyed about every 2 years. It's just part of the thing, man. Relax. Treat the camera as a consumable, not a gold-plated investment.

Richard

Relax. Treat the camera as a consumable, not a gold-plated investment. Would you relax if your ex1r would smash to pieces falling on a concrete floor? :D

I at least treat all my equipment as gold-plated investment, I have worked hard for it so I do whatever I can to protect that, if you are on a students budget like Victor and expensive equipment, which he probably had to save a longer time for, gets damaged, that hurts for sure.

hey Kren, I'm thinking of buying vintage Nikkor 135 lens for weddings, what you think? It was between 135 or 180

"I believe i paid $125 for mine and used it quite a bit until it got swiped...it was an ok budget lens for the money...got a Canon 135mm f2 to replace it.

cheers

Kren

"I believe i paid $125 for mine and used it quite a bit until it got swiped...it was an ok budget lens for the money...got a Canon 135mm f2 to replace it.

cheers

Kren

what do you not like about the 135 f2.8, I'm bidding on a Nikkor 135 f2 ais right now

Victor, sorry about what happened. I know that is tough to handle. I have about $20,000 of equipment and no special insurance for it. I have thought maybe my homeowner or auto policies might cover it but reading this thread has made me want to seek out some insurance specifically for my equipment.

Would you relax if your ex1r would smash to pieces falling on a concrete floor? :D

I at least treat all my equipment as gold-plated investment, I have worked hard for it so I do whatever I can to protect that, if you are on a students budget like Victor and expensive equipment, which he probably had to save a longer time for, gets damaged, that hurts for sure.

I agree with Noa. I personally invested in my EX1R (by pulling tons of strings) and the loss of it would mean my life would be over. Seriously. I can only invest in something this big once being jobless at the moment and being a fresh graduate.

Cheer up grass hopper, couldn't be as bad as this guy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciqSdgLh_1w

Hilarious! In my opinion, it takes him 3 full seconds longer than it should to pull out his right arm (with the L lens/camera). Wouldn't your first instinct be to raise the equipment from the water?

Victor, sorry about what happened. I know that is tough to handle. I have about $20,000 of equipment and no special insurance for it. I have thought maybe my homeowner or auto policies might cover it but reading this thread has made me want to seek out some insurance specifically for my equipment.

Start with your auto insurance agent (especially if he also writes your homeowner policy) and ask for scheduled personal items coverage. Be honest about use (personal or business/trade). State Farm sold me a policy for about $8,000 worth of personal photo and video gear for $1.70 per $100 valuation annual premium.

Coverage is for loss, but not "wear and tear". Theft, physical damage, fire etc. losses are covered. I had to provide sales invoice to show purchase cost and that is what I'm covered for. Since I deal mostly with B&H I was able to go back a few years and download copies of invoices I had misplaced. I also had to provide a list of items including serial numbers.

Check with your agents.

okay guys here are some updates. The camera shop try to repair it with parts sent from Canon, but the parts didn't fit. They try twice, and it still didn't fit. So they sent it to Canon. Canon fix it and sent it to the camera shop which sent it to my employer. Why he didn't just send it to Canon in the first place I don't know. But now I owe him about $750...