Quote Originally Posted by neuroanatomist View Post
Yikes! Could have been much worse. I’ve been lucky, I’ve only ever dropped one lens, my EF 70-200/2.8 II. Ironically, that happened as I was taking pics of the lens to list it for sale. I hadn’t securely clamped the infinity board to the table, and it popped loose and rolled up, knocking the lens off the table where it bounced off the bench and hit the tile floor. The lens was fine other than a crack in the distance window, so I took a close-up of the crack, dropped my planned price by $100, and it sold quickly anyway.
As soon as I heard it hit the gorge floor, I resigned myself to having to buy a new lens and camera. Limestone may be a soft rock to water but not to a camera. Camera Gods or whatever you want to call them, were definitely looking out for the both of us. I would have had a heart attack if it had been my 70-200. Not going to lie, I wanted to cry but managed to hold back the tears. Glad you came out okay and thanks for reading and sharing!

Trent