How I killed my D5100

Nikon D5100 vs clumsy photographer - round one knock out!

Sadly, my 6 month old D5100 is dead. May it RIP.

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[4Alpha7Kilo]

Stories? Hmm, this past year at the oregon OSAA state track meet. I had rented a 400 2.8, mounted it on my 1DIIN, but had forgot my 681b at home, so I picked up a cheap one from a local store, on the second day of the shoot the lens broke the mount and fell 5 feet to the ground. Shattered IS system and front lens element............ horrible experience.

[thatnikonguy]

@4Alpha7Kilo god ! Insured?

[thatnikonguy]

@BigRooster747 haha fair enough. good luck to you

[BigRooster747]

you had a strap on the cam and didnt use it... dumb and well deserved.

[thatnikonguy]

@BigRooster747 use the strap... when it is on tripod and I am standing a few meters away shooting? DO you get out and shoot much, or spend more time in front of computer leaving comments?

[BigRooster747]

@thatnikonguy I shoot lots and ALWAYS use the strap. Its there for a reason. Plain dumb not to use it, esp on a rocky surface and using a cheap plastic version of a cam not made to withstand the elements and plain dumb behaviour!

[thatnikonguy]

@BigRooster747 haha, fair enough. Good luck to you.

[175myles]

For someone like me, dropping my D7000 would probably send me into depression, for a little while. I'm only 19 and that was the best I could afford.

[PINOYROCKTRAX]

why don't you just send it to Nikon for repair?

[chilldoUK]

@BigRooster747 You sir deserve a good thrashing with that camera in a sock...not really going to do much damage to the camera as you haven't fully developed that soft spot at the back of your head yet...

[fifisboy]

D5100 cheap? I saved hard to buy mine. 10 hour shifts

[sidkid2]

@4Alpha7Kilo Oh Lord, that made me cringe. :S

[xViKR00K3DiVx]

@BigRooster747 u are a dumbass dude

[glitchinbros]

I was shooting halfway up a mountain in the Scottish highlands at dawn in winds I couldn't stand up in properly. Crouching around on 45 degree landslides to try and get a better view i left my camera backpack with 50mm 1.2L, 100-400mm L and other stuff inside behind unzipped. As soon as I was a couple of metres away a big gust picked it up a foot off the ground and it tumbled head over heels 30metres down the side of the mountain as lenses fell out. Incredibly no glass was smashed! Thanks Canon!

[javelinxd44]

can't you just get a small hd monitor or something

[hanzeln]

in mexico city they fix it!! but sometimes its better to sale for pieces in the same workshops ...they use it (they call buy "bones")

[pilotf18]

ouch! i have a d5100 and in this lesson i learned not to use the tripod on a windy day :)