That thought ran through my mind briefly before the CRUNCH struck home.
I was working an industrial shoot with two D2X Nikons with lenses and strobes on each. I needed a slimmer profile to climb into a small space for just the right shooting angle. So I unshouldered one and lay it in a safe spot, then climbed into place.
As the giant forklift backed up below me I listened and shot. Beep....beep....beep....crunch....beep....beep....beep.
I'm thankful for two things:
Good insurance.
And, once I pried apart the body remnants the precious SD card was undamaged.
Not a bad way to get a new camera..do I see a D3 coming?
GREAT that the SD card was ok - you should write to the manufacturers and tell them this story - maybe they will use it and provide you a lietime supply of cards!
Reminds me of the Timex ads in the 50's with John Cameron Swazey as he put the watch on the prop of an outboard, run the motor, stopped it then retrieved the still working watch, and gave the punch line of "Takes a licking and keeps on ticking."
What a story Hank, and thanks for reminding. I have to update my insurance, I have added some expensive glasses and other tools to my camera gear after my insurance. They need to be added to the list. I think!
We lost a camera (not SLR just a compact one) when visiting Vancouver. I had travel insurance to cover the camera. But my SD (Couple Days of shooting) was a total loss. I lost lots of shots from Horsehoe Bay. I still.........
Not a bad way to get a new camera..do I see a D3 coming?
That poses an interesting dilemma. My wife uses several D300's while I've been using D2X's. On shoots involving low light or very fast shooting requiring very fast VR and AF, the D300's beat the pants off the D2X. I'll be comparing the performance of the D3 with other models on those points, and could very well upgrade from a D2X to a couple of "lesser" models than the D3 if they outperform it on those counts.
But my SD (Couple Days of shooting) was a total loss.
That highlights our concern about high-capacity SD cards. We shoot professionally with 4gb models for the convenience of direct burns to DVDs without shuffling contents, so as a result I usually only have about 150 images at stake on any one card. I've used larger cards for multiple days of shooting with pocket cameras, and the more images I accumulate, the more nervous I become.
Scary tale, but the camera is replaceable, the images may not be. On any trip over a couple of days, I carry a laptop and a card reader. That still leaves me vulnerable to a hard drive crash. I suppose one could carry a basket of SD cards and use a new one every day as well as download to the laptop...but where does playing it safe end?
Scary tale, but the camera is replaceable, the images may not be. On any trip over a couple of days, I carry a laptop and a card reader. That still leaves me vulnerable to a hard drive crash. I suppose one could carry a basket of SD cards and use a new one every day as well as download to the laptop...but where does playing it safe end?
Are we twins separated at birth, or what?
We use much the same strategy, with the addition of portable drives for backup of the laptop. At each opportunity we also burn DVDs and mail them home to ourselves. That's protection against theft, over and above failures. A friend once spent 6 weeks on the Amazon shooting for Smithsonian. On arrival in Rio he shouldered a day pack full of exposed film (yeah, this was a few years ago!) and went looking for a Fedex office to ship them. A couple of guys on a motorcycle came up behind him, knifed through a shoulder strap and roared away with his daypack. Nothing in it of value for resale, and 15 years later our friend still has nightmares about all that work in a dumpster, river or gutter ten minutes later.
I go into the field or onto a job with eight 4gb cards on my body or camera strap, and that many more within easy reach. I've never needed more than 8, but..... My biggest fear now is losing one of the bloomin things. And of course, there's always the issue of keeping full sorted from empty for rapid changes under pressure.
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8 repliesI was working an industrial shoot with two D2X Nikons with lenses and strobes on each. I needed a slimmer profile to climb into a small space for just the right shooting angle. So I unshouldered one and lay it in a safe spot, then climbed into place.
As the giant forklift backed up below me I listened and shot. Beep....beep....beep....crunch....beep....beep....beep.
I'm thankful for two things:
Good insurance.
And, once I pried apart the body remnants the precious SD card was undamaged.
Egad. What a revolting morning!
GREAT that the SD card was ok - you should write to the manufacturers and tell them this story - maybe they will use it and provide you a lietime supply of cards!
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We lost a camera (not SLR just a compact one) when visiting Vancouver. I had travel insurance to cover the camera. But my SD (Couple Days of shooting) was a total loss. I lost lots of shots from Horsehoe Bay. I still.........
That poses an interesting dilemma. My wife uses several D300's while I've been using D2X's. On shoots involving low light or very fast shooting requiring very fast VR and AF, the D300's beat the pants off the D2X. I'll be comparing the performance of the D3 with other models on those points, and could very well upgrade from a D2X to a couple of "lesser" models than the D3 if they outperform it on those counts.
That highlights our concern about high-capacity SD cards. We shoot professionally with 4gb models for the convenience of direct burns to DVDs without shuffling contents, so as a result I usually only have about 150 images at stake on any one card. I've used larger cards for multiple days of shooting with pocket cameras, and the more images I accumulate, the more nervous I become.
Are we twins separated at birth, or what?
We use much the same strategy, with the addition of portable drives for backup of the laptop. At each opportunity we also burn DVDs and mail them home to ourselves. That's protection against theft, over and above failures. A friend once spent 6 weeks on the Amazon shooting for Smithsonian. On arrival in Rio he shouldered a day pack full of exposed film (yeah, this was a few years ago!) and went looking for a Fedex office to ship them. A couple of guys on a motorcycle came up behind him, knifed through a shoulder strap and roared away with his daypack. Nothing in it of value for resale, and 15 years later our friend still has nightmares about all that work in a dumpster, river or gutter ten minutes later.
I go into the field or onto a job with eight 4gb cards on my body or camera strap, and that many more within easy reach. I've never needed more than 8, but..... My biggest fear now is losing one of the bloomin things. And of course, there's always the issue of keeping full sorted from empty for rapid changes under pressure.