DVX Survives 6- Foot Drop

[bikefilms]

Hi all,

While filming on a steep hillside for the LOD video, I slid out with DVX and tripod in- tow. The camera fell downslope past my feet, straight onto a rock. We survived the blindside hit unscathed. Only the lens cap blew off. The rock however, was visibly marred.

*Thanks Panny, for making one BAD A$$ unit!*

[Tim Miller]

DVX100 - 1
Rock - 0

That is amazing though. I don't want to say your are lucky but...

[taubkin]

It's so cool to know you put your dollars in the right place. My ipod shuffle was sent to the laudry in a jeans pocket, and besides having the baterry dscharged, it's still working like a charm (I didn't even lost the music I had in it)!

But that is another story!

[paulstamat]

We had a similar incident where the camera popped off a glidecam, hit the concrete bounced up and was caught by a wide eyed actor. We all sat in silence because the camera nosed dived into the concrete and bounced up. The lense hood was the only thing that was damaged (a dent), but the camera still works brilliantly. So...yeah, we were lucky too, but I was thanking Panasonic for designing a first rate camera.

[Robert86]

Those stories are awesome!

[Mark Whalen]

I dropped my Panny off a tripod yesterday during a shoot. The quick-release head turned out to be quicker than I thought... I dusted off the camera, checked the PAGlight, and shot for another 2 hours without a problem. taubkin's right: dollars well spent.

[Neil Rowe]

im beginning to think that people should invest in little "leashes" for their cameras.. just like a snowboard leash. just strap it around the handle of the cam and clip it to the tripod head or something.. or clipping it around the crane head when its 20 feet up would be good. or in some people cases.. around their necks.. the cam comes with a strap.. but i dont think anyone uses it for anything.

[Tim Miller]

My strap is still in the nice plastic it was shipped in.

[Mark Whalen]

Straps?!? We don't need no stinking straps! :cheesy:

[ChuckS]

Like the smart ass that I am :evil: I kept asking my wife to get closer and closer to this water spout in Hawaii, thinking she would get soaked. Neadless to say the wave came in, shot up about eight feet over my wife [she didn't get a drop] and dumped on me. It felt like 110 gallons. When I looked down water was pouring out of my DVX, it made a few odd noises, automatically ejected the tape and never worked right again. :cry:

We took it back to our cabin got out my wifes blow drier and initiated CPR. It worked intermittently sent it in for service and it cost more to repair than get a new one. Since it wasn't an "a" we took it up to 3000 feet, turned it on and threw it out of the plane. Unfortunately by the time we landed and drove over to where we threw it out it was gone... :undecided

[Dario Nieva]

Wow, kewl stories. Glad your cameras are still ok.

Makes me want to get the camera all the more :X

[bikefilms]

Let's hear it for fools who drop stuff!

On my last MTV shoot, the cameras were being punished by soccer balls and slip-n-slides. They got right up and asked for more. Tuff as nails, friends.

[blazingoat]

I'm sure for every story like this there a hundreds of horrible ones. About a year ago my tripod got nocked over by stumbling PA. The base plate of the camera was cracked and had to be repaired - $500cnd and the RENTED petroff mattebox was totalled.

[Unix]

damn

[Jay Rodriguez]

good to hear everything is ok after that type of spill.... i cough too hard around my equipment and something goes wrong... lol

[robmyers]

while in afghanistan we had the shoot's only DVX fall off the dashboard of the van and out into the street. since it was not i who put the camera on the dash in the first place, all i could think was: "glad that's not my fault!"

camera works great to this day.