I recently returned from a trip to Hawaii where my camera got in a serious workout snapping shots of everyone (including the dozen or so family member who flew in for our reunion) and everything (including my 3-year-old daughter trying to dangle her baby cousin from my dad’s recliner). My camera also took a beating during one of our trips to the beach and I had serious misgivings about how it would work for the remainder of our trip.
Today I took it in to my local camera shop to get it assessed and have the technicians there give it a good cleaning (though I fear even the pros will have a hard time removing every single grain of sugar-like sand that got lodged near the battery compartment). While the store employee jotted down the specific jobs I wanted done we got into a conversation about the most common ways cameras sustain damage (and subsequently need to be fixed by one of the shop’s technicians).
Some of the ways cameras get dropped really surprised me. They might shock you as well. Take a look:
· When passing the camera around so others can look at photos on the LCD.
· When the wrist or neck strap breaks or comes undone.
· When replacing the batteries.
· When the strap gets caught on a car handle, doorknob, plant, etc.
· When using the self-timer.
· When you are trying to retrieve it from a pocket or purse.
· When you are trying to grip it with sweaty hands.
· When it gets knocked off a table.
· When positioning it on a tripod, rock wall or park bench.
The last time my camera sustained damaged was during a trip to the children’s museum. I was trying to help my daughter complete a dinosaur puzzle. She dropped one of the bones and I bent down to grab it. In the process my camera’s strap slid down my arm and my camera smashed on the tile floor. Ouch!
Have you ever dropped your camera? What happened?
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