D600 nose dive

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singlerosa_RIP

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Ouch! I had my first camera disaster ever last night. I was at my wife's bar and had a bunch of my high school buddies (St. Mary's, Class of '68) in for our Christmas Party. Naturally, I have to take photos. After a few were taken, I put my rig in our small office, on 2 cases of beer. I left it alone for a while and came back to find it on the floor, still partially in backpack/sling. Pretty sure our bartender inadvertently knocked it over when getting stock from another stack. Of course she denied it.

Turns out the D600 could not sustain 3' fall w/24-70 (w/hood) & SB-800, sitting partially in camera bag. Electronics work fine. I don't know what the point of impact was, but it cracked up real good! :nightmare:​

Shipped off to Nikon repair center in California this afternoon. Cool online service scheduler, including estimate ($304). Glad I have the D7000 (and a 17-55 2.8) as a backup 'cause there's more parties coming.

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Deezey

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Wowza. That sucks. Glad to hear it sounds like it's all cosmetic. Makes me wonder if there could be a market for a camera case similar to phone cases.....a phone glove so to speak.
 
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Marcel

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It's a bad luck for sure, but seems it did better than Glenn's D800e that got (still waiting for a second opinion) totalled after a fall like yours. In a way, it might be better when plastic breaks than when magnesium frame does. I'm pretty sure Glenn would be happy if his D800E could be fixed for that amount.
 
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gqtuazon

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I'm not proud to say it but welcome to my club. I wouldn't be surprised if they return it back to you unrepaired.


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Deezey

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The plastic breaking seems to maybe slow down impacts and absorb more shock than say the other materials used. Sort of like crumple zones in cars.
 
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singlerosa_RIP

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gqtuazon said:
I'm not proud to say it but welcome to my club. I wouldn't be surprised if they return it back to you unrepaired.


I would be very surprised if it comes back in the same condition. I've heard from a fellow Nikon guy whose 7100 bit the dust in similar fashion and Nikon service USA fixed him up fine for the same $304 quoted to me.

If I can take consolation in any of this, it's that I didn't even see it happen. I will be reviewing the video tomorrow, but my wife won't let me make the bartender pay for it, even if I prove she did it because wifey tells me I shouldn't have left my stuff in her bartender's way. Damn, that's cold (but probably right). Doesn't she look guilty?

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Don Kuykendall_RIP

RIP :(
There is nothing worse than a broken camera other than seeing it break. Now that is a sight I hope I never see again.

Class of 68? High School? That was the same year I graduated from High School
 
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mikew_RIP

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Not meant as any form of consolation as it isnt but this guy has loads of dropped cameras and lenses including a D700 with liquid damage,i often think how many end up with a crap repair then back on ebay.

kentcameras | eBay
 
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