I Took a Fall Yesterday with My 7100...

...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.

Pleased every thing is ok,i have a thing about falling,when i was younger people would say he fell over,now ime older people say he had a fall,i want to know at what age does it change

I did a similar thing more than 2 years ago. My 5100 was less than a week old, and we were on a pebble beach, rather than risk damaging my camera, I made sure that I took the "hit".... sorry to say that was the wrong decision in my case... one torn ligament later, and 2 years of knee pain BUT, I think I would still make the same choice again if I fell

glad both of yous survived the fall without no serious damage, when it comes down to it i think i could live with a broken limb rather than broken gear.

happy your ok...and your gear survived!

mikew said:

...i have a thing about falling,when i was younger people would say he fell over,now ime older people say he had a fall,i want to know at what age does it change

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In my case, I made it to almost 66 years old before the first, "I had a fall", LOL.

I was trying to get further away from a young girl during her senior shoot for a wider shot...only to find the one stump in the area...I didn't have any trouble getting her to smile after that...my camera never came close to the ground.

In Copenhagen, I was backing up to get a wider shot of the reflection of a church steeple and hit a bike rail, going over backwards...but the camera never came close to the ground.

This past month, when climbing around in an old Steam Locomotive, I slipped on a step and landed on my tailbone right on the edge of the step. The bruise is finally fading but the resulting bulge from a hematoma is still evident...but my camera never came close to the ground...though I did use quite a few words that I usually reserve for the golf course!

I have health insurance to cover me...not so much my camera, so I'll protect it at risk to injury.

Lens Hoods can be life savers...