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PayetteRucker

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As an amateur photographer I take my camera EVERYWHERE. After loosing one of the world's best point and shoots, a Canon A650, to a fluke Lens Error three weeks after purchase, I recieved an L100 as a christmas present. This thing drives me nuts-its photo quality doesn't come close to the A650 plus it's massive and bulky, can't fit in a point and shoot case, so I have been carrying it by shoulder strap. Well, it just slipped off my shoulder not 5 minutes ago and landed lens down on the concrete. Sigh. Glad it didn't happen with a T2i on my shoulder though...
 
Seems like Gadgets and Gear would be the best forum area.

Or perhaps Whine and Cheese. :)

Anyhoo... I've been happy with the Canon PowerShot SD1200 IS. Obviously it's not as good as the Nikon D5000, but it's small enough to carry around in everyday situations.

If you're going to make a habit of dropping digital cameras on rocks, my boy recommends this model:

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The SD1200 pales in comparison to the point and shoots I've destroyed this year... I had a 550 dollar A650 croak 3 weeks after purchase due to lens error, it was babied in my camera case the entire time. So... I want this to go in the WSS FORUMS to ask people advice on the best way to carry it for adventure/outdoor photography, so as it doesn't happen again. Gear and Gadgets has nothing to do with it.
 
PayetteRucker said:
As an amateur photographer I take my camera EVERYWHERE. After loosing one of the world's best point and shoots, a Canon A650, to a fluke Lens Error three weeks after purchase, I recieved an L100 as a christmas present.
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What do you mean by "lens error?" Did you screw something up that ruined it or was there a flaw somewhere that caused it to die three weeks in? That could be a warranty issue.
 
loonybin said:
What do you mean by "lens error?" Did you screw something up that ruined it or was there a flaw somewhere that caused it to die three weeks in? That could be a warranty issue.
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Canon is famous for that. The lens gets stuck in the middle of retracting or extending and the dread "lens error" message appears on the screen. If it was only 3 weeks old even Canon probably can't weasel out of replacing it.... Sometimes it can be fixed -- search the web for tutorials. Sometimes you can get Canon to replace it -- search the web for other people's experiences with Canon warranty service.

It happens with other brands too but it seems to be considerably more common with Canon.
 
Cougar Allen said:
Canon is famous for that. The lens gets stuck in the middle of retracting or extending and the dread "lens error" message appears on the screen. If it was only 3 weeks old even Canon probably can't weasel out of replacing it.... Sometimes it can be fixed -- search the web for tutorials. Sometimes you can get Canon to replace it -- search the web for other people's experiences with Canon warranty service.

It happens with other brands too but it seems to be considerably more common with Canon.
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I had great service from Canon's warranty service for my Powershot A95 when my CCD went bad.
 
Me too -- but that was great service paid for by Sony. Sony made the defective CCDs and paid for replacing them.

I wouldn't say that Canon warranty service is worse than other Japanese companies in general, though. Maybe I get a little fired up about the "lens error" issue but that's typical policy for any Japanese company that has a problem and hasn't yet found a way to fix it -- just deny any problem exists. They are likely to reverse themselves eventually, after they find a fix for it. In the meantime they stonewall, and after it becomes obvious to everyone on the net they're stonewalling, they continue to stonewall ... um, I'm getting fired up again, aren't I.... :o
 
You need a Kodak Brownie Hawkeye although that paper backed film is getting harder to find. Can we see a picture of the concrete?
 
PayetteRucker said:
The SD1200 pales in comparison to the point and shoots I've destroyed this year... I had a 550 dollar A650 croak 3 weeks after purchase due to lens error, it was babied in my camera case the entire time. So... I want this to go in the WSS FORUMS to ask people advice on the best way to carry it for adventure/outdoor photography, so as it doesn't happen again. Gear and Gadgets has nothing to do with it.
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Sorry to hear about your misfortune. I use a LowePro Apex 100 AW as my main G11 Carry all bag. It holds extra camera batteries, 270EX flash and 4xAA for the flash, extra SD cards. I don't usually walk with all of that unless going out with the intent to shoot. Otherwise I just keep the G11 in an OpTech USA neoprene sleeve like the D-Mini shown in the link http://optechusa.com/product/detail/?PRODUCT_ID=32#.

It's not bulky at all and goes in my EDC backpack and I keep the other accessories mentioned above in pockets in my pack.

When I'm shooting a paid event or whatever then it's my D300 set up and I've got several bags depending on how much gear I need for a given shoot.
 
Backpack carry in a lowepro case works for me too. A clip of some type is useful to attach the case to the backpack shoulder strap if you want the camera robe more accessible
 
That Op/Tech neoprene case does have a short strap with clip so you can clip it somewhere when the camera's out. Pretty useful. I just clip it to split ring I put on the main camera strap.
 
I dropped my Canon Power shot A1000IS the first night I got it.
Walmart was no help.

The pics that I managed to get with it, turned out very good, so I bought another one at Best Buy and was glad it wasn't too expensive.

So, for me I'm going to stick to the budget cams and try to be more carefull. Patrick

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Sorry you dropped your camera. I loaned my first digital camera out to a relative and they dropped it on the lense. Ended up buying a Canon A520 a year or two later to replace it and have stuck with Canon ever since. My A520 developed a problem with the flash and was replaced with a 530 under warenty. :) Have had it ever since.

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wildmanh said:
Sorry you dropped your camera. I loaned my first digital camera out to a relative and they dropped it on the lense. Ended up buying a Canon A520 a year or two later to replace it and have stuck with Canon ever since. My A520 developed a problem with the flash and was replaced with a 530 under warenty. :) Have had it ever since.

Heber
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I hear you. A few years ago I was visiting a cousin back in Trinidad who had just returned from studying in Florida. She had a brand new Sony CyberShot and was so proud of it. An aunt asked her to look at it and when she was done and handing it back over to my cousin she dropped it on the lens and broke it. My poor cousin broke into tears and ran inside; I felt so bad for her.
That just reaffirmed my own decision to not loan out my gear to anyone and I make it a point to be very careful how people handle my equipment when they want to check it out.
I still have all my cameras in fine working condition and plan to keep it that way as long as possible.
 
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