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September 22, 2015
Canon Camera Updates
I sort of lose count of how many cameras I've destroyed over the years, but it's a lot, I think.
On Sunday 9/20/2015, I was riding north on US Highway 24 just south of Leadville, Colorado when I dropped a Canon EOS 50D frame with a Canon 100-400 f/4.5-5.6 IS USM telescopic zoom lens and a Canon BG-E2 Battery Grip and a 64 Gig CF card. Everything was destroyed.
I dropped a camera in Utah and pretty much ripped the frame apart.
In Mid-December of 2012, while driving from SFO to SF in the rain on the XR, a 50D got wet enough that it ceased to function.
October 1, 2012 - Dropped a Canon EOS 50D in the parking garage at SFO. Toast. The R-Strap bolt/screw worked its way loose from the tripod mount on the 100mm-400mm Canon lens. Fell to the concrete. Not good.
2012 Camera Updates
2012
April 10, 2012 - Bought a Canon EOS 50D off of some guy in Berkeley.
October 1, 2012 - Dropped a Canon EOS 50D in the parking garage at SFO. Toast. The R-Strap bolt/screw worked its way loose from the tripod mount on the 100mm-400mm Canon lens. Fell to the concrete. Not good.
October 5, 2012 - Met a guy from the Mission (16th/Potrero) at Starbucks on Market/2nd Street on Oct 5th, 2012 at 3:30 p.m. and picked up a 50D.
In Mid-December, while driving from SFO to SF in the rain on the XR, a 50D got wet enough that it ceased to function.
December 19, 2012 - Met a Berkeley guy (Jeff Allen) at Union Square and picked up a 50D and an EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS lens on Dec 19th, 2012 at 1:30 p.m.
December 20, 2012 - Met a guy at Colma Station and picked up a 50D on Dec 20th, 2012 at 5:36 p.m.
Dropped a brand new Canon camera and lens into the natural hot-water spring
All was destroyed.
Nothing to do really but replace it all, I think.
Here's the gear I have registered with Canon Professional Services (CPS):
Frames:
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EOS 50D (Body) XXXXXXX582
EOS 50D (Body) XXXXXXX073
EOS 50D (Body) XXXXXXX340
EOS 50D (Body) XXXXXXX799
EOS 20D (Body) XXXXXXX827
EOS 7D (Body) XXXXXXX315
EOS 50D (Body) XXXXXXX927
EOS 5D (Body) XXXXXXX623
Lenses:
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EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS USM XXX394
EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM XXXXX549
EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM XXXXX817
EF-S 17-85mm f/4-5.6 IS USM XXXXXXX645
EF 600mm f/4L IS USM XX880
EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM XXXXX263
Accessories:
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Speedlite 580EX XXX135
Extender EF 1.4X II XXX446
Posted by Rob Kiser on September 22, 2015 at 2:06 PM
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