Relax. Nothing sordid! A couple of days ago, I was going down a small dip to get to the river path. It was icy, but I thought it was fine - grass along the side, etc. I had my camera in my hand from trying to track a woodpecker. Well, I slipped and went down, but once I sat up, my first thought was …

My camera plus telephoto lens weighs just over 5 pounds. I rarely sling it over my shoulder since I like to keep it ready, and I usually carry it out away from me slightly so I can keep it away from brush while bushwhacking. If I do slip, I can hold it up away from whichever way I fall. Hanging it a…

I fall cuz I’m clumsy and careless. I know better, but I get overexcited. Especially with nature. Also I have a problem with my ankle. I’m known for"cukoo", “nuts” and “weirdo” to my sisters, and I don’t mind. Instead I prove it, by breaking out into dancing because I got a good picture or because I…

I definitely try to protect my camera if possible, but good cameras are pretty tough. I did, however, switch from using my expensive Sony to an Olympus Tough camera for tidepooling. I was spending way too much time worrying about my Sony out on the reef, and not enjoying myself.

So far I only use my iphone and clip on lens for iNat observations. Personally I’d choose my well being over my equipment. There was one time when my clip on lens fell into a bunch of debris (leaf litter, sticks, critters etc) and I briefly went to panic mode, but thats about the extent of my “adven…

When my camera was new, I slid down a steep slope covered in round pebbles. The camera survived. I limped carefully for a few days. Still using that camera.

Always. Camera gear is expensive, and sometimes you’re far away from any alternatives. Gear always gas to be protected. A long while ago now I was in the Bolivian Amazon on raft we’d made for a deep jungle trip. Had my old Canon AE1 with me (this was pre-digital, more-or-less, and manual cameras…

Yup! I tripped over a tree root in Central Park (NYC) several years ago, looking through the viewfinder instead of at my feet. The camera was OK, but I limped around on a badly sprained foot for a month. Nor helped when a co-worker remarked, “We all have to suffer for our art.”

For expeditions like that it always pays to catastrophise… to list the worst case scenarios and have an action plan in place. [from the leader of the expedition] “In the event we trip in the water and the cameras get munted, we will have some crayons and cartridge paper to sketch what we see”… [a…

So the solution for things getting munted is to become munted!

Does anyone else do this? Protecting/Checking camera when falling

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Does anyone else do this? Protecting/Checking camera when falling

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