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<blockquote data-quote="JohnFrench" data-source="post: 334416" data-attributes="member: 6063">...and it survived.&nbsp; I was stepping up onto a raised platform when my right foot caught the lip of the platform.&nbsp; Next I knew, I was headed down for a face plant.&nbsp; My D7100 was hanging from my neck, and hit before me.&nbsp; I rolled to the right not wanting to squash the camera, ending up like a turtle on its back tilted down at the head.&nbsp; I got back up, felt no pain and checked the camera over and the newly attached Tamron&nbsp; 16-300 lens.&nbsp; Both seemed ok, the brunt of the fall (for the photo equipment) was absorbed by the lens hood on the lens, which sustained a sizable scrape in the plastic.&nbsp; The camera and lens performed as if nothing happened afterward upon much checking.If any of you have ever had this happen, you can expect the following, you don't care about yourself, only your stuff and if it's OK.&nbsp; And the feeling of, &quot;oh geez I am out some very expensive stuff here, how much did I pay for this lens a couple weeks ago?, the camera is gonna be tough to replace&quot; , all of these thoughts flew in and out of my mind.Me? How am I you ask?&nbsp; Except for a scrape on my knee, and personal embarrassment for falling down for the first time ever in my life, I'm good for I still have my working camera and lens.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JohnFrench, post: 334416, member: 6063"] ...and it survived. I was stepping up onto a raised platform when my right foot caught the lip of the platform. Next I knew, I was headed down for a face plant. My D7100 was hanging from my neck, and hit before me. I rolled to the right not wanting to squash the camera, ending up like a turtle on its back tilted down at the head. I got back up, felt no pain and checked the camera over and the newly attached Tamron 16-300 lens. Both seemed ok, the brunt of the fall (for the photo equipment) was absorbed by the lens hood on the lens, which sustained a sizable scrape in the plastic. The camera and lens performed as if nothing happened afterward upon much checking. If any of you have ever had this happen, you can expect the following, you don't care about yourself, only your stuff and if it's OK. And the feeling of, "oh geez I am out some very expensive stuff here, how much did I pay for this lens a couple weeks ago?, the camera is gonna be tough to replace" , all of these thoughts flew in and out of my mind. Me? How am I you ask? Except for a scrape on my knee, and personal embarrassment for falling down for the first time ever in my life, I'm good for I still have my working camera and lens. [/QUOTE]

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