Bad luck!

[chris dees]

Was out hiking today to do some birdphotography.
I had my D810 + TC + 300PF at one side and my D500 + Tamron 150-600 at the other side on a Black Rapid Double Strap.
Suddenly a big bang and my D810 lay on the concrete path.
It seems the foot came of from the RRS tripod ring.
Not only the mount broke, but it seems to me there's something with the prisma as well. 
The hood came of from the lens and there's a scratch on the glass as well.
I hope my insurance will cover this.

[Bjørn Rørslett]

Join the club !!



Must be another example of the VR issue with the 300 PF?....

Your D810 is a total write-off. Hope the lens survived.

[chris dees]

That doesn't look too good either.

I'll bring it to a service point first before Im going to try out something.
Perhaps they can repair everything at once; camera and lens and VR issue.

[rosko]

I hope my insurance will cover this.

Ouch !

I really hope too, Chris !

Serious damage, though.

Fortunetly you have spare gear.

[Jakov Minić]

Bad luck indeed. So sorry.

[tommiejeep]

Bummer Chris,  I wonder how the prism was damaged?  I had the D610 mount get pulled out when the 70-200 f4vr hit the door of my jeep.  I even put it back together with super glue and the AFS lenses worked but not my D lenses so I sent it to Nikon.  The mount cost almost nothing but that was the only damage.  Better than my D300s which came down with the Tripod and 500vr/wtc 1.4.  The TC was a write off and the 500vr needed a new mount but the D300s body bent at the mount   .   New body frame at about Rs30K.  Something to be said for the plastic mounts.

I hope your insurance does cover it.
All the best,
Tom

[Thomas G]

Ouh, bad luck with a bad result indeed.

[Frank Fremerey]

Holy cow. That looks bad. Time for a second D500 and new
Camera holders? RRS stuff breaks. Even that. Poor Chris!

[Erik Lund]

Please lets see what came apart, I sounds like the RRS Foot slipped of the RRS lens collar, nothing broke as far as I read.
Just not tightened hard enough and the little 'lock' leaver and the RRS lens collar got a small push form something and let go,,, User error I'm afraid,,, be careful how you state it for the insurance

Sorry about that Chris - I'm afraid the D810 is a write off, They will have to change the whole body frame and mirrorbox and that's more work and parts than a new camera,,,

[Jan Anne]

Luckily it wasn't the D500 which is much harder to replace

Curious what caused the drop, can you show the failing component?

Hope the insurance gets things sorted quickly.

[Erik Lund]

...
It seems the foot came of from the RRS tripod ring.
.....

Must be these two parts that came undone:

[chris dees]

Yes Erik and the more I think about the more I think it's a user error; not tied enough and fiddling with the knob while walking.

I'll bring it Wednesday to NSP and let them estimate the costs. Bets are open.

[Andrea B.]

oh Chris!! So sorry this happened. I hope the repair goes smoothly and that insurance can help with it.

[Erik Lund]

The placement of that little knob is a typical case of a design flaw. The lens hoods for the first 24-70 2.8 AFS and 70-200mm 2.8 AFS had a similar release knobs - Sticking out - Now Nikon has changed the lock on the 24-70mm 2.8 VR so you have to put your finger into a hole to press it,,,

[MFloyd]

I'm sorry for you Chris 😔  For my understanding, I guess that the D810 assembly was fixed on a mono/tripod, the latter being handheld ?