Todays Photoghraphy tip : ***Don't drive off with your camera left on the roof of your car!*** My poor wee Fujifinepix f700 is victim of a dreadful RTA. ....sniff. She passed away suddenly, yesterday, when her numbscull owner put her on the roof of his car, forgot, and drove off down the road.  At about 50mph the wind took her and bouced her along the tarmac for about 100 meters....sniff.  I seen the whole gastly incident in my rear veiw mirror. There was also a line of traffic a bit behind me that made sure she didn't suffer too long, even her padded case couldn't save her ...sniff She served me well having taken 10's of 1000's of pictures without complaint for the last 3 years ...sniff. Not only that, but her memory card was not to be found (having spent a glorious day in the hills of Argyll in  fabulous weather, there was hunderds of pictures on it ).....SNIFF! Now the difficult bit is explaining  to my wife that I need a new camera! (Oh yes and an open top car to go along with it)

OMG! What an accident! Sorry to hear what happened to that poor camera.

Yes Don't drive off with your camera left on the roof of your car!

Thank you for the Tip and hope the new one won't be forgotten again..

JOE

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That may well be one of the most useful and life-saving tips around... Painful... so sorry for your cam and for you. Hope you won't have to wait long to carry on shooting... Speaking of which... how did you shoot this picture then..? ;o))

Its OK buddy, we will go along with you so the wife lets you get a new cam:) That is a replica right?

For real:
Sorry to hear of your loss:(

That really sucks - sorry to hear that. A good tip too...

On a brighter note - it gives you the excuse to upgrade

I'm with Rich...Look at the bright side...a new camera !!

I know the feeling, mt firts digital cam met a similar fate..less dramatic tho..

It feel out of it's case and hit the road..

If you wife won't let you have a new camera and car. If  I were you I would think about getting a new wife as well!

Oh aangus bad luck,  and ....my own advice is ...
Dont put your spectacles on the ground while you struggle out of a wetsuit....scruuunch..

Thanks for the sympathy!  I've had an idea, I could either, take it into work and put it in a vice to see how flat it would go, or put it on Ebay (as slightly scratched - £5 off).   What would you do? Perhaps its repairable?

By the way Geert, her big brother, Canon 20D, was tucked safely under the seat, so I'm not quite camara-less, but I  like the compact when out on the hills.

OUCH!! The memory card is usually the only thing to survive something like this.

Sorry for a missfurtune....I would frame it and hang it next to the main door, make sure I remeber every time I am leave a house ...be carefull with a gear I have. I tiped a tripod whith my first Kodak camera, I was horrified, strangly nothing happened whit a camera...( well it fell on a carpet thou...lol)

seeya  Tunde

I live by the rule.. never put anything on the roof of your car ;)
When I actually use the car, normally on my motorcycle :P

maybe you could make a peice of art out of it... smash it to peices, get some plaster laid thick on a plank of wood and stick all the bits on it...

Better yet - stick it to the roof of the car;)

Bummer! I hate it when that happens, you have my sympathy. Best of luck convincing your wife to let you get another -- and a convertible auto to go with it!

Ohhh what a mess!
The only other advise I can give...... is dont set your camera and tripod up on a dark hill, on a windy night wth a loose engagement ring on as you reach out to save the camera and tripod from a bouncy fate! (45 minutes of hubby and I searching with cam and mobile phone lights eventually found the ring)

Oh if you do get a new wife as suggested above make sure you check out her camera gear!!!

Jen

aww, a little duct tape and things will be back to normal....

Bummers Anthony....I sympathize with your plight, but I must admit your story made for some funny reading. Laughing with you and not at you....These Fujis just can't take the 50 mph bounce test...luckily the other drivers put it out it's misery so it didn't suffer long.  Thank goodness it was this one and not the 20D.  None the less losing any camera that you have had for so long is a sad loss.  I have 4 cams and I know I would be distraught to lose or damage any one of them....Here's hoping the wife finds pity on you!

Aloha,
Dave~

Sans2012 said,

Better yet - stick it to the roof of the car;)

Even better ... glue the remains to your bumper -- see what comments you get. 
Maybe even create some video interviews.  LOL

Seriously, sorry to hear of your loss. 

--
MGD

Maybe you could do a spoof on that car ad that has the phone and the little dog riding on the roof of the car......

Thats a b*mmmer - sorry to see that picture. 

Though it does take a lot to kill a fuji compact. An ex accidentally dropped my 1.3MP Fuji down a long flight of concrete stairs - one repair with a band aid and it still works today! 

Best thing I've ever seen fall of a car roof was while standing outside a police station in one of the roughest araa of Leeds. UK cops are generally unarmed and body armour was rare at the time, so seeing a swat style team clambering into their cars like Miami Vice drew quite a crowd
 
They roared off with lights and sirens. 5 seconds later one very sheepish policeman comes puffing up the hill and retrives his machine gun from the ground to a large round of applause!   

Ooh! Sorry man - time to get a new Timex, huh?

@Mrsparky - that's funny!

Our Nikon rep was a flake -  nice guy, but a flake ;-) He got in an argument with someone outside the store one evening and stormed into his car and started to "TAKE OFF!!" I say "started" because there was a large "lump" he rolled over - his camera bag with ALL the Nikon Demo equipment!

That was one funny speedbump, I gotta tell ya! (sorry - laughing now as I'm just remembering it!)

Again - sorry to ear about the camera - car roofs don't have much grip, huh?
-Lew ;-)

Attached Link: old thread. Camera gets shredded

Hey, anyone remember the above (old) thread I posted? Imagine a camera getting blown to bits. Anthony, when you get a new camera make sure that the mem-card does not come out to easily in an accident. Its usually the only thing that survives.