P�l Jensen wrote: > My tripod toppled over today due to wind and along with it's three meter > fall on granite went my 645N and FA645 33-55/4.5 lens. Neither > particularly cheap. The camera body cracked open exposing the electronics. > The lens broke immediately in front of the aperture ring - the glass is > fine though. The equipment is already in the mail for an estimate. I fear > the body is beyond repair but I have some hopes that the lens can be > saved. I was not insured :-(
P�l, you have my deepest sympathies. That is one experience I don't want to duplicate. I am naturally quite paranoid about my gear so its all insured at nearest- new-equivalent replacement value. Which doesn't help much with all the old manual focus stuff. Actually I'm more paranoid about the house being broken into than I am about it getting damaged, but I'm covered either way. To drag up an old argument; what kind of hood/filter was protecting the lens? :) Cheers, - Dave http://www.digistar.com/~dmann/
