Our Common Mistake

[Tripp Woelfel]

Originally Posted by Ian VanCattenburch

Put my camcorder on my monopod but failed to make sure that it locked in. The result.. a broken camcorder light.

Ouch! That could have been a lot worse.

[Steve Sobodos]

Originally Posted by Tripp Woelfel

Ouch! That could have been a lot worse.

Happened to me two weeks ago. I failed to tighten my Bogen quick release and it was not pushed past the safety latch. The Canon XH camera slid out of the monopod and crashed onto a curb and the result:

1. Broken light
2. Broken plastic shoe mount on my Sony wireless
3. Broken cold shoe extender
4. Bogen quick release on base of the camera pushed into base of camera cracking the camera body.

My new Sony MRC1 was unharmed

This all happened in the middle of the outdoor reception. After cobbling the stuff togther, it all worked so I could complete the evening. Other than the base of the camera being not flat any more, the camera still works. Could have been much worse.

[SiuChung Leung]

Originally Posted by Steve Sobodos

Happened to me two weeks ago. I failed to tighten my Bogen quick release and it was not pushed past the safety latch. The Canon XH camera slid out of the monopod and crashed onto a curb and the result:

1. Broken light
2. Broken plastic shoe mount on my Sony wireless
3. Broken cold shoe extender
4. Bogen quick release on base of the camera pushed into base of camera cracking the camera body.

My new Sony MRC1 was unharmed

This all happened in the middle of the outdoor reception. After cobbling the stuff togther, it all worked so I could complete the evening. Other than the base of the camera being not flat any more, the camera still works. Could have been much worse.

seems like XHA1 is a tough camera after all...