The tripod collar on the 70-200 wasn't tight and they both took a fall. When they hit the grass the lens mount broke clean off the body and stuck to the lens. Any idea what thy repair is going to run me? What a horrible way to start the weekend. :(
Broken lens mount on body, from fall
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Posted 7 months ago #
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Oh man, sorry to hear that. I can't begin to estimate the cost, but I will just say get the pair checked out - lens and body - not just the body.
Good luck with that.
Posted 7 months ago # -
I agree with the above, take both in to be checked. A drop like that would easily knock lens elements out of alignment. Repair costs? My guess is at least $500. If the mount came out of the camera the entire front housing would need to be replaced. My guess is that it will be more than $500 if the lens elements also got knocked out of alignment.
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Which camera body? If an older one, it may not be repairable within a reasonable cost.
This is one of those horrible things which happens to all of us... and we all cringe and some shed a tear when we hear of this...
My suggestion, everything goes to Nikon, see what they say. Then decide on a plan of action. No one here can make an estimate as we do not have the body and lens to even examine. If there is a Nikon repair person on our forum, they might be able to comment.
Posted 7 months ago # -
@msmoto: My brand new D600. Ive owned it for 1 month and 1 day. Ive already dropped it off at the UPS store and its set for delivery in El Segundo, CA Thursday.
Posted 7 months ago # -
Yikes! So sorry to hear this.....
Posted 7 months ago # -
That is one of the reasons I avoid the D600/D7000 and kept my D700 + D300 combo. The mag alloy parts in the prosumer bodies are in the wrong places. If the mount was into metal, the lens and body likely would still have been damaged, but there is a good chance that the mount would have staid attached to the body.
Posted 7 months ago # -
I don't know if you had insurance on the camera and lens, but if you do, it may be covered for breakage. I have a personal articles policy from State Farm that covers every thing with no deductible. I pay about $ 53 / yr for $ 5500 of coverage on my cameras.
Another thing to check is if you paid for it by credit card, there are a lot of perks like loss and other things that they don't tell you about. Call your credit card company and ask them about what is covered.Posted 7 months ago # -
Hi Ben,
Exactly the same thing happened to me. Dropped my D600 and less ripped the body mount apart!.
I think D600 have actually a very weak mount structure on it body.
What happened to your camera. Did nikon fixed it and how much they charged you.
I am next in the queue :)Posted 7 months ago # -
Shall we call it, D600 breaking weekend! :P
These darn cameras where new. Aslo be ware of lowerpro design. Its side zipper design was cause of my camera damage. I would only use shoulder bags from now.
Posted 7 months ago # -
Camera is probably toast - homeowners insurance will probably cover it if you have it.
A search on this same thing of a D80,d90,d7000 (if they did fix it) will probably give a ballpark of the cost. I think $1,000+ unless Nikon has a soft heart.
Posted 7 months ago # -
It pains me just to read these posts.
I'm so used to having my strap around my neck or shoulder that during one portrait shoot where I took the strap off the camera just to get it out of my way, I almost let the camera go from about waist high thinking the strap would catch it. I was standing on concrete. Strap stays on now!
Best of luck to the 2 of you.
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@kavehmc it should arrive at Nikon on Thursday so I have no idea what the cost is going to be.
@DaveO Ill certainly be looking into coverage after this. I'll be giving my CC company a call also. Thanks for the tip.
@TaoTeJared I certainly hope you are wrong about it being totaled. :( I called my insurance company and my homeowners won't cover it. I didn't add it as an asset so ill be looking into that as well soon.
I'll update this thread when I hear back from Nikon.
Posted 7 months ago # -
Double post. Sorry.
Side note. I'm kind of hoping that UPS runs over the package or something.. Haha. I insured it fully when I shipped it.
Posted 7 months ago # -
Nikon told me it is beyond economical repair! :(
I didn't look so bad. I hope the guy didn't re-act because I called them each day to get some estimates.Is it possible to send it to another Nikon centre! I am in Malaysia.
Posted 7 months ago # -
The insurance on equipment needs to be "all risk" to cover accidental breakage. I think the yearly rates in the USA are about USD $100-150 per $10,000 of value for an amateur.....about double for a professional earning money with the equipment. But, we all can have this happen, or it is stolen from our car, hotel room, etc. and the insurance somehow is very inexpensive at that point.
Posted 7 months ago # -
I was thinking about why the heck they have the magnesium on the top and back, and not on the top and FRONT. It would seem you would want the strongest material where the lens mount is.
Our D7000 took a tumble the other day. My wife went to get up at a restaurant, and the bag wasn't secured shut. Camera fell out and bounced off the tile floor. (35mm f/1.8G attached)
Picked it up...not a scratch. Weird.
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I was thinking... if it is some non-metalllic part of the body which broken, does not involve any lost connections, i.e. broken circuit boards, it may be possible to epoxy back the part of the body which is fractured. This is done in addition to watchmaker's screws to hold things as well.
Now this is the solution only if the body is of no value. And the critical issues of flange measurements is most important. Properly prepped, drilled and screwed one may be able to repair the body for less than a hundred dollars.
For those who are laughing.... do not forget, this is of absolutely mo value and could be repaired and function as good as new. One might talk with a watch maker who is also a handy man and understands epoxy issues.
Posted 7 months ago # -
Your best bet now is probably to sell the camera for parts... since Nikon stopped selling parts to independent repair shops, you might be able to recover a good bit of your loss this way.
Posted 7 months ago # -
msmoto. interesting idea! I might try.
I got my body and it is with me now:)
El_Pickerel, You might be right if no other option works I will put it in ebay :).
Posted 6 months ago # -
R8R said:
I was thinking about why the heck they have the magnesium on the top and back, and not on the top and FRONT. It would seem you would want the strongest material where the lens mount is.Our D7000 took a tumble the other day. My wife went to get up at a restaurant, and the bag wasn't secured shut. Camera fell out and bounced off the tile floor. (35mm f/1.8G attached)
Picked it up...not a scratch. Weird.
Not weird but lucky - it is a matter of how it landed and the inertia of the lens. A pro weight lens is more likely to break the mount than the 35mm 1.8 G which may be the lightest lens of all.
Posted 6 months ago # -
@ spraynpray....+1
It is always sad when we drop one, and luck is what determines the damage. A lens hood which can self destruct when it hits is helpful. A front filter can absorb some energy as it fractures or the ring deforms. But, if the camera hits just right...horrible damage can result. And, this was a fall on to grass...must either be a problem in the mount on the D600 or it landed so as the lens was at on top and at an angle causing the most kinetic energy to be absorbed by the mount.
Posted 6 months ago # -
What bugs me about this whole situation are the things that WE as consumers do not know. We don't know and will probably never find out if Nikon used a different polycarbonate formula for the front of the D600 vs. older cameras. These cameras are getting lighter and lighter as the years go by. The D4 is lighter than the D3S, the D800 is lighter than D700, even the D600 is lighter than the D7000 - and that's FX vs DX!! I'm sure the weight of some of the electronic guts has decreased over the years but how are we to know that some engineer isn't figuring up how many grams they could shave off the weight of the camera by making the housing just a bit thinner.
Unfortunately, this sometimes comes down to the bottom line. "If we could decrease our use of xxx pounds of raw materials we could save xxx amount of money - and still charge xxx amount for the product."
*** reference to weights of the mentioned cameras is only used to make a point - I know that the D3S, D4, D700, D800 all have mag-alloy fronts.
Posted 6 months ago # -
I just got the estimate back from Nikon. Someone is looking out for me.
$243.26
Im in shock. So much stress and worry has been lifted from my shoulders its amazing.
First thing I do when it gets back is insure the hell out of all my gear.
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