? Philip Mason wrote:
> Dear All > > Another good reason to carry a second camera body. > > Two years ago I dropped my trusty Nikon F2A onto pavement > at Kingman AZ. Mashed the prism and lightmeter but good. > Replacement prizm with meter very hard to find. > > My brother, a geologist dropped a Russian Zenit SLR off a > cliff in Norway. Needless to say he didn't bother to retrieve > it after a 400 ft flight. > > Any other dramatic camera demises out there ?. How about a close call?? A couple of years ago, a friend and I were shooting around the Loop at Tehachapi when we ran into a couple of railfan friends from Virginia. (I hate to say the "small world" thing but this always happens to us no matter how far from home). It was a very windy April day.? My buddy had his Nikon 80-200/2.8 on a body mounted on his tripod.? He had his back to his gear and just bs'ing up a storm.? A particularly vicious gust sent the tripod toppling forward.? Seeing this out of the corner of my eye, I dove the ten feet to his tripod and caught it by the lens just before it crashed glass first into the rocks.? Every time we go on a trip I still make him buy me one Coors. I was not as skillful at saving my own gear.? I was setting up to shoot the Ringling Bros. train in Massachusetts and decided to be greedy and set up two tripods for two different focal length shots.? While setting up the second tripod, a gust of wind took the first with body and lens attached and over it went.? Lens down, naturally.? The lens hood saved the lens but the bottom of the body sure had a funny shape to it which set me back 175 bucks. I also had a Pentax 67 leap off a tripod but... story for another time. Mike Gardner Ashford, Connecticut ? -> SPORRS: 'Serious Photographers Of Railroad Related Subjects' -> Web Site: http://www.anet-stl.com/acphotog/sporrs/ -> Message ? 1998 SPORRS? - All Rights Reserved
