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Where to get parts for a Nikon D5000 SLR, with DX VR: AF-S
On Fri, 06 Jul 2012 12:40:50 -0700, nospam wrote:
nonsense. they may not be as rugged as a d3 class camera, but they do *not* break the moment you drop or jostle them. While that's probably true, it's undeniable that this teeny tiny piece of plastic that holds the bayonet mount of my Nikon lens onto my Nikon camera broke from being dropped a very short distance onto a hard concrete floor. Also, looking at the pictures I posted, I can't imagine anyone denying that this is a weak link in the lens mount. If that weak link were engineered out of better materials, what would have happened? I don't know: a) What I hope would have happened is ... nothing. b) But, maybe dropping the camera would have broken something else. But if (b) is the answer, how the heck do 'war photographers' get their job done? What I do in daily life can't even be 1 millionth of what they do with their equipment. Q: Given I use the camera every day for personal use (I'm an old guy who isn't jumping out of airplanes anymore so it's pretty tame stuff), what would you recommend is a sturdy SLR that won't break like this Nikon did? |
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Where to get parts for a Nikon D5000 SLR, with DX VR: AF-S Nikkor 18-55mm 1:3.5-5.6G lens?
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wrote: nonsense. they may not be as rugged as a d3 class camera, but they do *not* break the moment you drop or jostle them. While that's probably true, it's undeniable that this teeny tiny piece of plastic that holds the bayonet mount of my Nikon lens onto my Nikon camera broke from being dropped a very short distance onto a hard concrete floor. duh. guess what happens when you drop *any* lens onto a concrete floor. Also, looking at the pictures I posted, I can't imagine anyone denying that this is a weak link in the lens mount. it's a cheap lens. what the hell do you expect? If that weak link were engineered out of better materials, what would have happened? the price would have been higher and it would have been heavier too. I don't know: a) What I hope would have happened is ... nothing. hope all you want but if you drop a lens onto a concrete floor, the lens is not going to be in the same condition it was prior to impact. b) But, maybe dropping the camera would have broken something else. probably. But if (b) is the answer, how the heck do 'war photographers' get their job done? What I do in daily life can't even be 1 millionth of what they do with their equipment. they spend more money on equipment and they don't trash stuff. Q: Given I use the camera every day for personal use (I'm an old guy who isn't jumping out of airplanes anymore so it's pretty tame stuff), what would you recommend is a sturdy SLR that won't break like this Nikon did? i'd recommend you learn to not drop stuff. maybe buy some straps to tie the stuff to your body. |
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Where to get parts for a Nikon D5000 SLR, with DX VR: AF-S Nikkor
Arklin K. wrote the following on 7/6/2012 4:13 PM (ET):
On Fri, 06 Jul 2012 12:40:50 -0700, nospam wrote: nonsense. they may not be as rugged as a d3 class camera, but they do *not* break the moment you drop or jostle them. While that's probably true, it's undeniable that this teeny tiny piece of plastic that holds the bayonet mount of my Nikon lens onto my Nikon camera broke from being dropped a very short distance onto a hard concrete floor. Also, looking at the pictures I posted, I can't imagine anyone denying that this is a weak link in the lens mount. If that weak link were engineered out of better materials, what would have happened? I don't know: a) What I hope would have happened is ... nothing. b) But, maybe dropping the camera would have broken something else. But if (b) is the answer, how the heck do 'war photographers' get their job done? What I do in daily life can't even be 1 millionth of what they do with their equipment. Q: Given I use the camera every day for personal use (I'm an old guy who isn't jumping out of airplanes anymore so it's pretty tame stuff), what would you recommend is a sturdy SLR that won't break like this Nikon did? 1. How about one of these for any of your Nikons? http://tinyurl.com/87e7ea5 2. Take your other 3 cameras to a camera repair shop to get fixed. Then you can sell them on Craigs list and possibly get enough money to buy your next camera. -- Bill In Hamptonburgh, NY In the original Orange County. Est. 1683 To email, remove the double zeros after @ |
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Where to get parts for a Nikon D5000 SLR, with DX VR: AF-S Nikkor 18-55mm 1:3.5-5.6G lens?
On 2012-07-09 12:52:24 -0700, willshak said:
Arklin K. wrote the following on 7/6/2012 4:13 PM (ET): On Fri, 06 Jul 2012 12:40:50 -0700, nospam wrote: nonsense. they may not be as rugged as a d3 class camera, but they do *not* break the moment you drop or jostle them. While that's probably true, it's undeniable that this teeny tiny piece of plastic that holds the bayonet mount of my Nikon lens onto my Nikon camera broke from being dropped a very short distance onto a hard concrete floor. Also, looking at the pictures I posted, I can't imagine anyone denying that this is a weak link in the lens mount. If that weak link were engineered out of better materials, what would have happened? I don't know: a) What I hope would have happened is ... nothing. b) But, maybe dropping the camera would have broken something else. But if (b) is the answer, how the heck do 'war photographers' get their job done? What I do in daily life can't even be 1 millionth of what they do with their equipment. Q: Given I use the camera every day for personal use (I'm an old guy who isn't jumping out of airplanes anymore so it's pretty tame stuff), what would you recommend is a sturdy SLR that won't break like this Nikon did? 1. How about one of these for any of your Nikons? http://tinyurl.com/87e7ea5 2. Take your other 3 cameras to a camera repair shop to get fixed. Then you can sell them on Craigs list and possibly get enough money to buy your next camera. I think perhaps one of these might be a fair starting point. http://delkin.com/i-6916325-snug-it-...kon-d5100.html There are some other protective armors, but the Delkin offering is inexpensive enough. -- Regards, Savageduck |
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Where to get parts for a Nikon D5000 SLR, with DX VR: AF-S Nikkor 18-55mm 1:3.5-5.6G lens?
On 2012-07-09 13:39:56 -0700, Savageduck said:
On 2012-07-09 12:52:24 -0700, willshak said: Arklin K. wrote the following on 7/6/2012 4:13 PM (ET): On Fri, 06 Jul 2012 12:40:50 -0700, nospam wrote: nonsense. they may not be as rugged as a d3 class camera, but they do *not* break the moment you drop or jostle them. While that's probably true, it's undeniable that this teeny tiny piece of plastic that holds the bayonet mount of my Nikon lens onto my Nikon camera broke from being dropped a very short distance onto a hard concrete floor. Also, looking at the pictures I posted, I can't imagine anyone denying that this is a weak link in the lens mount. If that weak link were engineered out of better materials, what would have happened? I don't know: a) What I hope would have happened is ... nothing. b) But, maybe dropping the camera would have broken something else. But if (b) is the answer, how the heck do 'war photographers' get their job done? What I do in daily life can't even be 1 millionth of what they do with their equipment. Q: Given I use the camera every day for personal use (I'm an old guy who isn't jumping out of airplanes anymore so it's pretty tame stuff), what would you recommend is a sturdy SLR that won't break like this Nikon did? 1. How about one of these for any of your Nikons? http://tinyurl.com/87e7ea5 2. Take your other 3 cameras to a camera repair shop to get fixed. Then you can sell them on Craigs list and possibly get enough money to buy your next camera. I think perhaps one of these might be a fair starting point. http://delkin.com/i-6916325-snug-it-...kon-d5100.html There are some other protective armors, but the Delkin offering is inexpensive enough. Here is something at reasonable price. http://www.ebay.com/itm/Camera-Armor...-/220752414934 -- Regards, Savageduck |
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Where to get parts for a Nikon D5000 SLR, with DX VR: AF-S Nikkor
On 7/9/2012 4:39 PM, Savageduck wrote:
On 2012-07-09 12:52:24 -0700, willshak said: Arklin K. wrote the following on 7/6/2012 4:13 PM (ET): On Fri, 06 Jul 2012 12:40:50 -0700, nospam wrote: nonsense. they may not be as rugged as a d3 class camera, but they do *not* break the moment you drop or jostle them. While that's probably true, it's undeniable that this teeny tiny piece of plastic that holds the bayonet mount of my Nikon lens onto my Nikon camera broke from being dropped a very short distance onto a hard concrete floor. Also, looking at the pictures I posted, I can't imagine anyone denying that this is a weak link in the lens mount. If that weak link were engineered out of better materials, what would have happened? I don't know: a) What I hope would have happened is ... nothing. b) But, maybe dropping the camera would have broken something else. But if (b) is the answer, how the heck do 'war photographers' get their job done? What I do in daily life can't even be 1 millionth of what they do with their equipment. Q: Given I use the camera every day for personal use (I'm an old guy who isn't jumping out of airplanes anymore so it's pretty tame stuff), what would you recommend is a sturdy SLR that won't break like this Nikon did? 1. How about one of these for any of your Nikons? http://tinyurl.com/87e7ea5 2. Take your other 3 cameras to a camera repair shop to get fixed. Then you can sell them on Craigs list and possibly get enough money to buy your next camera. I think perhaps one of these might be a fair starting point. http://delkin.com/i-6916325-snug-it-...kon-d5100.html There are some other protective armors, but the Delkin offering is inexpensive enough. OP still needs to avoid dropping the camera or dinging any part of the lens. A serious blow near the front edge of the lens tube puts tremendous force on both the lens mount and camera body aperature that receives the lens. The g forces can shatter a lens element, disrupt the glue that cements lens elements together, warp or strip finely machined focusing linkages, etc. The skin may help protect against some hazards, but it will not protect against careless or abusive treatment. High quality cameras are precision instruments and can never be fully hardened unless mounted on a shock absorbing mount inside a titanium box with fully automated remote controls and a lens window made of bulletproof plastic or glass. |
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Where to get parts for a Nikon D5000 SLR, with DX VR: AF-S Nikkor 18-55mm 1:3.5-5.6G lens?
On 2012-07-09 14:39:23 -0700, Peter said:
On 7/9/2012 4:39 PM, Savageduck wrote: On 2012-07-09 12:52:24 -0700, willshak said: Arklin K. wrote the following on 7/6/2012 4:13 PM (ET): On Fri, 06 Jul 2012 12:40:50 -0700, nospam wrote: nonsense. they may not be as rugged as a d3 class camera, but they do *not* break the moment you drop or jostle them. While that's probably true, it's undeniable that this teeny tiny piece of plastic that holds the bayonet mount of my Nikon lens onto my Nikon camera broke from being dropped a very short distance onto a hard concrete floor. Also, looking at the pictures I posted, I can't imagine anyone denying that this is a weak link in the lens mount. If that weak link were engineered out of better materials, what would have happened? I don't know: a) What I hope would have happened is ... nothing. b) But, maybe dropping the camera would have broken something else. But if (b) is the answer, how the heck do 'war photographers' get their job done? What I do in daily life can't even be 1 millionth of what they do with their equipment. Q: Given I use the camera every day for personal use (I'm an old guy who isn't jumping out of airplanes anymore so it's pretty tame stuff), what would you recommend is a sturdy SLR that won't break like this Nikon did? 1. How about one of these for any of your Nikons? http://tinyurl.com/87e7ea5 2. Take your other 3 cameras to a camera repair shop to get fixed. Then you can sell them on Craigs list and possibly get enough money to buy your next camera. I think perhaps one of these might be a fair starting point. http://delkin.com/i-6916325-snug-it-...kon-d5100.html There are some other protective armors, but the Delkin offering is inexpensive enough. OP still needs to avoid dropping the camera or dinging any part of the lens. A serious blow near the front edge of the lens tube puts tremendous force on both the lens mount and camera body aperature that receives the lens. The g forces can shatter a lens element, disrupt the glue that cements lens elements together, warp or strip finely machined focusing linkages, etc. The skin may help protect against some hazards, but it will not protect against careless or abusive treatment. High quality cameras are precision instruments and can never be fully hardened unless mounted on a shock absorbing mount inside a titanium box with fully automated remote controls and a lens window made of bulletproof plastic or glass. My suggestion was somewhat tongue in cheek. I fear, the OP, given his wont to abuse his possessions to the point of destruction, would find it impossible to maintain most equipment of a technical nature, be it camera, or car. I think protecting any camera he might own, either with added armor, or by purchasing a more rugged and expensive item, would only add minutes to its life given the habits of its owner. -- Regards, Savageduck |
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