AC dropped my Nikon lens..

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mrbrycel

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On the second day of a shoot this past weekend, my AC couldn't make it, so I had a replacement. He dropped my Nikon 50mm f1.2 lens from about 3 feet.

I looked at it, and couldn't see any damage, we continued to use it, and it worked fine, but I'm still a little worried that something might have gotten damaged that isn't visible. I know 35mm lenses are pretty strong, and simple, but my dad let me borrow this lens, and I know he wouldn't be happy if it got damaged. Especially considering how hard an f1.2 is to find.

Has anyone ever dropped a Nikon lens? Any problems? Should I be worried about this one?
 
It depends on the surface, the angle, the force it started with and all sorts of other things. If the glass didn't break I really wouldn't be surprised to find that there wasn't any problem. I'm guessing the aperture and focus adjust fine. I use Canon lenses for my photography work and a few of those have fallen small distances with no problems.
 
Well, if your Nikon 50mm f1.2 lens is ANYTHING like my Canon 50mm 1.4 lens you are lucky it didn't snap in two. I once dropped my camera while getting out of a truck and hopped out and my camera got jolted out of my hand and fell directly on a rock. SNAPPED that sucker in two. Like butter. The glass was intact but the innards spilled out.

So, if THAT didn't happen, and you hear no rattling, no lens damage and she works fine...I think you'd have nothing to worry about.
 
I was once shooting a film where I was one of two cinematographers... the other DP dropped my lens from about four feet and it hit the concrete so hard it bounced back up about 6 inches, from which he caught the lens off the bounce. We both stared at the lens in his hand and for a minute it really seemed like it didn't happen.

The lens worked just fine, to this day I use it (1.5 years later)... it really depends if it hits on a sweet spot or on a tough point.

I've seen much stronger things break super easily because it hits right on a weak spot of the object.
 
I was once assisting a DP with a lens change. He handed me a very big zoom and said, "this lens is worth sixty thousand dollars". I was never more careful in my life! Meanwhile, he tossed lenses around as if they were nothing.

If your Nikon works I wouldn't worry about it. 3 feet is nothing and that lens is quite light so would have little inertia.
 
pmark23 said:
I was once assisting a DP with a lens change. He handed me a very big zoom and said, "this lens is worth sixty thousand dollars". I was never more careful in my life! Meanwhile, he tossed lenses around as if they were nothing.

If your Nikon works I wouldn't worry about it. 3 feet is nothing and that lens is quite light so would have little inertia.
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was it the T2 15-40mm cooke?
 
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