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Equipment & Techniques => Cameras, Lenses and Shooting gear => Topic started by: diuser on September 16, 2011, 12:48:21 am

Title: Canon lens fails divine scrutiny
Post by: diuser on September 16, 2011, 12:48:21 am: http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2011/09/15/camera-lens-falls-from-sky-through-roof-of-petaluma-home/
Title: Re: Canon lens fails divine scrutiny
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 16, 2011, 09:31:36 am: Ooh! A Canon lens!

I guess I'll have to switch to Nikon after all. I'm sure their lenses come with on-board, self-deploying parachutes.
Title: Re: Canon lens fails divine scrutiny
Post by: francois on September 16, 2011, 11:01:49 am: Quote from: Eric Myrvaagnes on September 16, 2011, 09:31:36 am
Ooh! A Canon lens!
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Yes and not a cheap one, it's a "L" lens! I didn't know that I could punch holes in roofs with those lenses!
Title: Re: Canon lens fails divine scrutiny
Post by: degrub on September 16, 2011, 01:33:17 pm: single use only. :D seriously, terminal velocity is probably arround 200 mph.
Title: Re: Canon lens fails divine scrutiny
Post by: Kirk Gittings on September 16, 2011, 02:14:50 pm: Somewhere around there is an aerial photographer with slippery fingers keeping a really low profile.
Title: Re: Canon lens fails divine scrutiny
Post by: degrub on September 16, 2011, 02:30:56 pm: original purchaser will likely get a phone call since the serial number is probably traceable - warranty or not.
Title: Re: Canon lens fails divine scrutiny
Post by: theguywitha645d on September 16, 2011, 04:17:22 pm: Lucky to have that protective filter...
Title: Re: Canon lens fails divine scrutiny
Post by: Ellis Vener on September 16, 2011, 04:58:55 pm: Quote from: francois on September 16, 2011, 11:01:49 am
Yes and not a cheap one, it's a "L" lens! I didn't know that I could punch holes in roofs with those lenses!

Lens hood is an EW-83H, which fits 24-105mm f/4L .
Title: Re: Canon lens fails divine scrutiny
Post by: kaelaria on September 16, 2011, 06:14:22 pm: Mwahahaha my super slingshot test was a success!
Title: Re: Canon lens fails divine scrutiny
Post by: 250swb on September 17, 2011, 11:51:51 am: Probably just a thief who thought he'd stolen a Nikon lens and showed his natural disgust by throwing it as high and as far as he could.

Steve