Has you Canon or Nikon camera ever broken?

[manaheim]

I'm just curious how many people who own either one of these cameras has ever had one break and need repair.

This does not include damage that you caused, such as dropping it in the river as I did with my D100. (Though, actually, it didn't break when I did this... surprising) :thumbup:

EDIT: NOTE! I made this multiple choice in case you have had Canons AND Nikons. No cheating, please!

 

[astrostu]

I voted no for Canons, even though my P&S is pretty run-down these days. But, it's also 7 years old now. It had been dropped several times and the damage it has now (other than cosmetic) is unrelated to the droppage.

My Rebel has never had a problem except the one time I dropped it causing the little battery clip to break, which is a non-issue since the compartment door still latches fine.

 

[Garbz]

What the! Make sure you don't get the back end of this forum to do your tax return!
The current results are 1,2,1,3 which apparently represents.
16.67%
33.33%
16.67%
50%
--------
= 116.67% That's some wicked maths.

 

[AverageJoe]

The strap on my bad went loose today causing the bag to free fall about 2 feet with both my 40D and my G9 in it as well as a few lenes. Everything is working fine, thought it was funny this post is here since that happend today... Also, I dinged my 350D around a bit and never had a problem. I think both Nikon and Canon make solid bodies, you get what you pay for.

 

[Joves]

Never had one break but, my Coolpix995 died in a terrible drowning accident. It seem Bifurcator is the only one that has had both die on him.

 

[manaheim]

What the! Make sure you don't get the back end of this forum to do your tax return!
The current results are 1,2,1,3 which apparently represents.
16.67%
33.33%
16.67%
50%
--------
= 116.67% That's some wicked maths.

Wow.

Also looks like what we really need is a thread on "post your trainwreck camera destruction stories". hehe...

Actually, the local shop that I use to service my camera has a sort of camera graveyard in the front. It's a whole bunch of destroyed equipment with little plaques (did I spell that right?) detailing what happened to each. I spent a good 30 mins looking them over. Too funny.

 

[tomhooper]

I almost dropped my Canon Elan IIe while changing a roll of film many years ago and when I caught it I stuck my thumb through the shutter curtains. Had to send it back to Canon to be repaired. That camera is long gone now but it was and always will be my favorite.

 

[manaheim]

hmmm.... 2 broken Nikons to 1 broken Canon (so far)

I think people are lying.

 

[firemedic0135]

well as usuall I answered witout reading all the way through the question:blushing: lol my tripod was knocked over by one of my kids once and cracked a piece of plastic on my old 30d
so I checked yes on the canon.

 

[JerryPH]

2 Nikons and I am careful but also demanding of my cameras. I still own both and both work as well as they did the day I purchased them.

I think that unless you drop a dSLR camera into the ocean or into a pile of sand and kick it around a while, irrespective of brand, they are all very reliable... and more so the further up you go in the model line.

 

[Slaphead]

If there are enough voters then I would expect only 5% to say that they had a camera from either nikon or canon break on them. However in my experiece these polls tend to attract the people who have had somthing break, so I expect the results will be somewhat skewed.

The other problem is of course the cameras age. If the camera in question is thirty years old and the shutter mech fails then this could be reasonably expected. This the results would be further skewed.

So far I must say that I've never had a camera break on me - a lens yes but not a camera

 

[manaheim]

If there are enough voters then I would expect only 5% to say that they had a camera from either nikon or canon break on them. However in my experiece these polls tend to attract the people who have had somthing break, so I expect the results will be somewhat skewed.

The other problem is of course the cameras age. If the camera in question is thirty years old and the shutter mech fails then this could be reasonably expected. This the results would be further skewed.

So far I must say that I've never had a camera break on me - a lens yes but not a camera

Yeah, I had to simplify the questions to make them usable, and even with that firemedic biffed it! j/k firemedic. Still, this kind of thing is unavoidably going to be skewed in a situation like this, but it's fun anyway.

 

[andrew99]

Not camera bodies, but I broke my SB-600 flash by dropping it on a ceramic tiled floor from about 4 feet. It now fires continuously when powered on.. I suspect there is a short on the hotshoe, but I don't see any physical damage there (or inside -- I took it apart). Next step is to see if Nikon will fix it, I guess.

 

[Bifurcator]

Wow... so far it looks like 1/4 of the people here taking the poll have had one or the other bust on them.

 

[JerryPH]

Not camera bodies, but I broke my SB-600 flash by dropping it on a ceramic tiled floor from about 4 feet. It now fires continuously when powered on.. I suspect there is a short on the hotshoe, but I don't see any physical damage there (or inside -- I took it apart). Next step is to see if Nikon will fix it, I guess.

If it is under $100 to fix it, it would be worth it... you can pick up SB-600s for $175 brand new.