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Originally Posted by Somnium
i don't think you will find anyone here that will think you did something irrational. letting the thing fall is not an option, i mean do you really need your whole head ?
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I think I may have
Just as the lesser of two weevils.
A few weeks ago I had a tripod with polarie & camera attached fall over. Was a sickening feeling. And worse the sound it made hitting concrete. But part of the legacy of my stroke a few years ago is balance problems and dizzy spells, Standing is difficult and walking even worse and at night close to impossible for me as I need to see the ground plane to orient my balance. So I have gear on tripods set up in garage and I use them as my walking stick to get to my shooting position/seat. It was during this that one of the tripod leg segments decided to shorten itself and when I put it down I felt it topple. If I'd held I would have toppled too so either way it was going down so I froze to regain concentration and focus on getting to my chair. 30min later I was up to trying to retrieve the gear and assess my loss. Net outcome a broken battery cover on the polarie, nothing bent, no lens cracks, and camera worked fine for my imaging session. My nerves were a wreck however.