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My camera bag strap broke while I was picking it up and it fell back down -- not a bad fall. So I was surprised, and obviously horrified, when I opened it to find that my Nikon 24-70 f/2.8 had busted. The portion with the lens mount separated from the main body just before the zoom ring started. You can see the portion that snapped. I rushed home and found that a Nikon repair center was only about 5 miles away. So I drove over and showed it to the rather sympathetic gentleman. He said that these new lens are great but not built as solid. He then pulled out a tray with another customer’s lens that looked exactly the same as mine.
As to repair time and cost: 4-5 weeks and around $450. Why so long? The spare parts are few and far between right now due to it being a new lens type. Why so expensive when it was just that little connection that snapped? Well, the broken part is essentially the backbone for the whole lens. Therefore the entire lens will need to be taken appart and reassembled. Super.
Obviously I am going to get a new bag and obviously I am going to be more careful. The 24-70 was attached to my D700 at the time so there was probably some torquing that occurred. Also, just to note, I had an 80-200 f/2.8 AFD in same bag. No problems with it.
UPDATE: Fixed! Just picked it up today (11/8/08). Seems to be working quite nicely. Thanks Nikon Repair Guy! Feels like new and acts like new. Quite a nice job.
UPDATE: about 8 years later (3/2017) I have finally replaced this lens. I got the new VR model and excited to see how it performs. My old trusty 24-70mm is really beaten to hell at this point. Threading for the filters cracked off, the rubber grip is out of place, the hood long ago broke (while on a 2.5km sledding run in Switzerland). Obviously I loved that lens!
This is my first test of underwater photography! It was very hard, I used a Dicapac (litteraly a bag in which you put your camera) and it's really not the best way for an underwater shoot! But I'm very happy for this first try :) Thanks Marjorie, one of my best friend for her patience and her posing skills in the water ;) And thanks Mélissa for letting me use her swimming pool! (what would I be without my friends?!)
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Angels Fall
Breaking Benjamin
I try to face the fight within
But it's over
I'm ready for the riot to begin
And surrender
I walked the path that led me to the end
Remember
I'm caught beneath with nothing left to give
Forever
When angels fall with broken wings
I can't give up, I can't give in
When all is lost and daylight ends
I'll carry you and we will live forever, forever
Grey skies will chase the light away
No longer
I fought the fight now only dark remains
Forever
Divided I will stand
And I will let this end
When angels fall with broken wings
I can't give up, I can't give in
When all is lost and daylight ends
I'll carry you and we will live forever, forever
The sun begins to rise
And wash away the sky
The turning of the tide
Don't leave it all behind
And I will never say goodbye
When angels fall with broken wings
I can't give up, I can't give in
When all is lost and daylight ends
I'll carry you and we will live forever, forever
Forever, forever
Headed off down to Wollongong Harbour this morning on my lonesome. A big swell was forecast, so I thought I'd go for some drama and mood.
There was not one other person at the breakwall, the whole time that I was shooting, and I really wanted to get a person in the image, just to give it that human element.
So, with no one around, it was left up to myself to do the ultimate selfie. With the camera on a 10 sec timer, I sprinted out in front, and did my best moody human pose.
Its gonna take me at least three days to get over that mad sprint...Knackered ol Mikey it did!!!
Anyhow, home now, and the masseur is on the way!!
Hope you like "Angels Fall"
Cheers, Mike
Pretty Fall quilt from Soukies. Is more vibrant than my photo shows. She also included a neat angel pattern. Thanks, I really like it.
Some of my best photos from the Fall Out Boy and New Politics show at the Fox Theater in Oakland, CA on 6/16/13. A truly fantastic show that produced a pretty fantastic array of shots.
for The Photo Trade by {Nectar & Light} sent out yesterday.
I couldn't decide which of the four to send so I sent them all. Much easier than making a decision.
The light in my backyard yesterday had me heading out onto the deck knowing there was at least one leaf that wanted its portrait taken. The truth is, I could probably flood my photostream with "portraits" of fall leaves this year, but I'm trying to be restrained. Truly. :)
Standing under the leaves of this oak tree (I think it was an oak tree) I looked up and saw this tunnel of fall leaves and colors. Working again today. Have a super Sunday!!
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Back at Coopers Rock State Park. There is a little pond near the water treatment plant. Some of the trees were bare but still a little good color left.
The first of the fall sundogs has appeared. This was a right sundog only, the sky was mostly clear on the other side of the sun.
New England is a photographer's dream come true in October where you are dazzled by th wonders of trees putting on their annual rainbow display of colors, with a collection of maples, elm, oaks and walnuts. Everywhere you look you say thank you Jesus or thank you Buddha or just plain thank you.
PS Ask Spotify, Siri, Alexa, and Amazon to play music by
JOHN WILLIAM HAMMOND (use all 3 names) Enjoy.
flic.kr/p/2nStZUf Also a flckr link to a lovely nature music video by yours truely.
Who said 'Alberta isn't as colourful as the Canada's East in autumn?
They simply don't look at where the colours are. Look down, not up :)
Paradise Valley, Mount Rainier National Park, WA
Over the years I have used a telephoto lens to shoot landscapes. I like the added reach and angles it provides for a scene. What is interesting is that when I use the telephoto lens for scenery in places where wildlife roams, many people will stop and ask what animal I see. I get it, it's a natural thought, but the people are usually disappointed when I say, "No wildlife, just scenery", and they move on.