Just Ran Over My 707

Mike D62484 · Nov 20, 2001

I hope you had one of these..............

oemag said:
Well the unthinkable happened. I left my office this morning with
my wife and child and asked my wife to take the camera with her to
the car. We all got in and I proceeded to back up...but went over
a slight bump...it wasn't a bump. It's still functioning, but I
can't get over the feeling that her days may be numbered! My wife
has no idea how the camera ended up under the car. I am at a loss
of words...

Mike Garza · Nov 20, 2001

Bluesdude said:
Whaddayaknow,

Yea, lived in the big H all my adult life. The Art Crawl is really
pretty cool. It happens every year on the Saturday before
Thanksgiving. It's a bunch of old warehouses downtown in the area
around Enron Field. Got a few good shots, but as I indicated, I am
still trying to make the move from my Canon A-1 and it's taking a
little getting used to. Love the digital thing though (don't like
it, delete it) What a concept !!!! Once I learn to post here, I
will put up a couple that I have captured in the last week or so.
Just got the beast last weekend, and the wife proptly took it to a
baby shower, so I didn't really get to play with it till this past
Saturday.

Good luck on getting yours repaired.

Yeah, I'll need it! You need to hook up with pbase.com! It's totally free! If you really use that website a lot, then I would recommend donating some money to keep it running. Try it out, I think you'll like it.

oemag

Javern · Nov 21, 2001

she did it on purpose, she's jealous of the attention you have been directing towards the camera and not to her.

Donniedark · Nov 21, 2001

Javern said:
she did it on purpose, she's jealous of the attention you have been
directing towards the camera and not to her.

Oh sure...with his luck some lawyer would get her custody of the car AND the Camera....with no "Visiting Rights". Dark Angel> Fallen Angel> Broken Home Angel...ugly picture !
Don C

Kin · Nov 21, 2001

Apart from American Express, some VISA Cards (like mine) also come with 90 accident protection insurance... If you got the camera in the last 90 days, you may get the money back... Check it out!

Mike Garza · Nov 21, 2001

Donniedark said:
Javern said:

she did it on purpose, she's jealous of the attention you have been
directing towards the camera and not to her.

Click to expand...

Oh sure...with his luck some lawyer would get her custody of the
car AND the Camera....with no "Visiting Rights". Dark Angel> Fallen
Angel> Broken Home Angel...ugly picture !
Don C

Very ugly picture Don!! Scary even!! It's my wife's money too. I'm positive she didn't do it on purpose. She is a VERY outspoken person, and on that tragic day...not a word was spoken...except the words "I'm sorry." I assure you, she was just as shocked as I was...

oemag

alwin61792 · Nov 21, 2001

hehehe, i'm kidding. sorry to hear about your camera. put it this way, at least you didn't have to go through all the inconvenience on getting it fixed before it happened. good luck on you next camera. and make sure that next time you get a camera, SELL YOUR CAR!! beforehand - as an option for your divorce

alwin

Ivo34672 · Feb 7, 2002

Bump.

For the newer members of STF...
--Eyeglasses: Carl Zeiss

Mike Garza · Feb 7, 2002

I almost forgot about this tragic accident!!! It still makes me cringe when I think about it...

oemag

Alfred Eder · Feb 7, 2002

I am going to have nightmares...is my camera safe, is a car somewhere nereby or a thief or...arghh

I am sorry for your loss, hope that the insurance will pay

Regards

Alfred

oemag said:
Well the unthinkable happened. I left my office this morning with
my wife and child and asked my wife to take the camera with her to
the car. We all got in and I proceeded to back up...but went over
a slight bump...it wasn't a bump. It's still functioning, but I
can't get over the feeling that her days may be numbered! My wife
has no idea how the camera ended up under the car. I am at a loss
of words...

--www.pbase.com/destinyx1

Mike Fitzgerald · Feb 7, 2002

Funny, I was just thinking yesterday about your experience with this (as you'll be coming into the middle of this thread, note that Jim's comment is strictly tongue-in-cheek):
http://www.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1009&message=2167684

Is everything still working properly with your 707?

Mike

oemag said:
I almost forgot about this tragic accident!!! It still makes me
cringe when I think about it...

oemag

Fotomania · Feb 7, 2002

Tell us - is it still working OK?
No plastic surgery needed?

Eva

Mike Garza · Feb 7, 2002

Mike & Eva

Judge for yourself...took this one Jan. 12 2002

http://www.pbase.com/image/958549

Careful, I think pbase is running a little slow...

I haven't had any problems with her yet...the camera that is! I'm actually due to make a little money with her this month on doing a photo shoot for a model contest! I won't take any money for the first shoot since I've never done it before, but if the customer likes the photos, then the second and third shoot will definitely get me paid!

oemag

Ivo34672 · Feb 7, 2002

oemag said:
I almost forgot about this tragic accident!!! It still makes me
cringe when I think about it...

oemag,

I didn´t want to hurt your feelings, just wanted to show the other STF members the excellent built quality of the F707 (I´m somewhat tired of this moaning and complaining here....)

Ivo

--Eyeglasses: Carl Zeiss

Mike Garza · Feb 7, 2002

Ivo34672 said:
Ivo wrote:
(I´m somewhat
tired of this moaning and complaining here....)

Yeah, I've been noticing a lot of complaining too, but it should die down once we all get a feel of what this baby is capable of. If we can accept the fact that NO CAMERA is perfect, then the forum will return to normal. At the very least, we all know that this camera's body is a force to be reckoned with.

oemag

jean-françois · Feb 7, 2002

oemag said:
Well the unthinkable happened. I left my office this morning with
my wife and child and asked my wife to take the camera with her to
the car. We all got in and I proceeded to back up...but went over
a slight bump...it wasn't a bump. It's still functioning, but I
can't get over the feeling that her days may be numbered! My wife
has no idea how the camera ended up under the car. I am at a loss
of words...

Let's put a little humor: Did the accident cure the BFS syndrome on your camera?
JFM

Mike Garza · Feb 7, 2002

Member said:
Let's put a little humor: Did the accident cure the BFS syndrome on
your camera?
JFM

Actually, I only had my Fallen Angel back for one week after coming back from the bfs fix . Then the accident...

oemag

Dana Clark · Feb 7, 2002

Contact Sony..they might be intereiesed in how tough their camera is

regards dc

oemag said:
Well the unthinkable happened. I left my office this morning with
my wife and child and asked my wife to take the camera with her to
the car. We all got in and I proceeded to back up...but went over
a slight bump...it wasn't a bump. It's still functioning, but I
can't get over the feeling that her days may be numbered! My wife
has no idea how the camera ended up under the car. I am at a loss
of words...

faral · Feb 7, 2002

Dana Clark said:
Contact Sony..they might be intereiesed in how tough their camera is
regards dc

I think they know

unless they have some lazy people working for them, i'm sure the f707 was thoroughly abused in everyway they found possible.

But i don't think they advertise it because if people heard "can stand the impulse of a car running over it" then people will try and do it and then sue them for false advertisement

Gordon Berg · Feb 8, 2002

They might want to use it for their advertisements... worth a shot if insurance doesn't cover it...

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