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Ever lost some of your kit?...

  • 15-11-2013 04:57PM
    #1
    vintagecosmos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 849 ✭✭✭


    Just lost a lens cap in a field in Kerry. I tried to retrace my steps, and managed to step into a big pile of cow sh!te ! Insult to injury...:mad:

    Granted I could have lost the camera, but replacing a lens cap is a nuisance.

    Have you every lost some of your kit?:o


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  • #2
    xshayx
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 837 ✭✭✭xshayx


    Free shipping! http://dx.com/s/lens+caps


  • #3
    homerun_homer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,035 ✭✭✭homerun_homer


    A couple of years ago I lost my nifty fifty after shooting a gig either in Andrews Lane Theatre, in the taxi or it fell out of my camera bag in the house of the girl's house I went back to. It really bugged me and I couldn't figure out at what point of the night it disappeared. Had to buy it again soon after, got it cheap enough on eBay.


  • #4
    Corkbah
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,668 ✭✭✭Corkbah


    lost track of the amount of times I've "lost" a piece of kit.

    my biggest loss was when someone replaced my 70-200mm f2.8 IS lens with a 70-200mm f2.8 lens

    Apart from that - have lost flashes, batteries, lenses, but never a body (yet)


  • #5
    twowheelsonly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,273 ✭✭✭twowheelsonly


    I specialise in losing flash diffusers. Have definitely lost at least 6 of them over the last couple of years, the most recent about 2 or 3 weeks ago.

    Apart from that (and having a load of kit stolen from my van in Dubland about 2 years ago) there's not a lot that I've lost. The only other thing that comes to mind is two sets of rechargeable AA batteries that I lost in one go.
    No bodies, lenses or flashes yet thank God.







    (Why do I get the feeling that I just poxed myself and I'll probably be changing this post in the next week :( )


  • #6
    vintagecosmos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 849 ✭✭✭vintagecosmos


    Corkbah wrote: »
    lost track of the amount of times I've "lost" a piece of kit.

    my biggest loss was when someone replaced my 70-200mm f2.8 IS lens with a 70-200mm f2.8 lens

    Apart from that - have lost flashes, batteries, lenses, but never a body (yet)

    Ouch, how did that happen?


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  • #7
    vintagecosmos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 849 ✭✭✭vintagecosmos


    twowheelsonly wrote: »
    I specialise in losing flash diffusers. Have definitely lost at least 6 of them over the last couple of years, the most recent about 2 or 3 weeks ago.

    Apart from that (and having a load of kit stolen from my van in Dubland about 2 years ago) there's not a lot that I've lost. The only other thing that comes to mind is two sets of rechargeable AA batteries that I lost in one go.
    No bodies, lenses or flashes yet thank God.







    (Why do I get the feeling that I just poxed myself and I'll probably be changing this post in the next week :( )

    Fingers crossed, touch wood, hope your ok :)


  • #8
    Corkbah
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,668 ✭✭✭Corkbah


    vintagecosmos wrote: »
    Ouch, how did that happen?

    Ireland game about 8-9years ago …. I left my gear (like every other photographer) to hold my seat/area to shoot from…. went off did team shots and came back to gear…. with my lens switched.

    pointless complaining to the FAI or Lansdowne ….security don't pay attention to which photographer is at which bag …or who owns what.

    would be very easy for someone to do similar with a 400mm f2.8 lens or collection of gear - even the IRFU/GAA allow people in to take photos who "know someone" or are shooting for a blog or website etc…..without proper vetting.


  • #9
    vintagecosmos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 849 ✭✭✭vintagecosmos


    thanks for that. gosh thats awful. reminds me to take some pics of my serial numbers.

    just got the D600 so I need to put that down on the contents insurance too.


  • #10
    flyingsnail
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,783 ✭✭✭flyingsnail


    Not lost but I think I totaled my 580 ex today :(


  • #11
    Corkbah
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,668 ✭✭✭Corkbah


    flyingsnail wrote: »
    Not lost but I think I totaled my 580 ex today :(

    have to ask …. what happened ?


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  • #12
    amdgilmore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 545 ✭✭✭amdgilmore


    I left my lens cap down on the ground beside the canal in Galway while I was taking a photo once, and a duck ran off with it. He was back in the water by the time I realised what was happening.

    What does a duck even need a lens cap for?


  • #13
    flyingsnail
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,783 ✭✭✭flyingsnail


    Corkbah wrote: »
    have to ask …. what happened ?

    I had it on top of a light stand and I must have not tightened it to the hot shoe properly, when I went to move the stand it fell off.



    It doesn’t seem as bad as I first thought; it still fires but will not zoom and makes a horrible clicking noise when it tries.


  • #14
    frozenfrozen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,681 ✭✭✭frozenfrozen


    Lost a rubber eyepiece last thursday.. had to order a new one for a whopping 1.29eu.. including delivery..


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