Hi There All, I will make this horrible story short.
Early this morning around 3am I was out side under shelter trying to catch a lightning strike, set up the tripod, attached the Canon 5D turn around to do something else, and then this sicking thud went through me.
In the dark i had obviously not slid the camera in the tripod mounting properly, and it promptly fell off the tripod, with my Canon 200mm F/2.8L Lens attached, and hit the concrete floor, with that sickening thud.
My heart stopped for a second and i figured that was the end of my lightning photography, or any photography for that matter while up here in Darwin.
I picked it up, looked it over and there was a decent dent in the top corner of the camera,
other than that it all looked OK as did the lens, but will it work.
I switched it on and all functions were good and the lens works fine and has no damage either,
so I have to say someone was surly looking after me that time.
All I can say is Canon must build some quality products, as the combined weight of the camera and lens is about 3 kilograms, and that is a lot of glass to bounce on a concrete floor.
Leon
Sorry the story didn't end up as short as i thought it would