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Originally Posted by ballaratdragons
Yikes!
Yep, I know how you feel Doug. It's a Gut-wrenching feeling.
I had all my gear, both Scopes, cameras, and mount blow over in that massive storm about 3 months back and it all laid in the heavy rain and mud all night coz it was too dangerous to go save it.
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I remember that night you posted Ken - I felt for you!!!
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Originally Posted by Octane
For a moment, I thought your new cooled 40D got totalled in the fall.
Thankfully, you're OK.
H
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Just emotionally disturbed H - 40D seems fine, ran a set of darks for over 2 hours with no problems and a few test shots show that everything seems to still be in alignment. It was the guidescope that hit the deck first and the DSLR kind of slowly tipped after it.
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Originally Posted by leon
Gee Doug, I can feel the pain in you as it hit the ground, and that sick feeling as the worry set in.
Glad it was not your new Camera, and I hope you can get it up and running soon mate.
Leon
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Cheers leon - 'sick' was the word indeed! Replacement stuff is on order, hopefully all sorted by next week. Fingers crossed!
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Originally Posted by multiweb
$200.00? Could have been much worse if the DSLR was damaged. Doesn't matter how tight you screw your dovetail. With temperature changes it's bound to slip again. The only way is to drill your plates and put grab screws or knobs in place to stop the slide. Losmandy plates have this standard and so many times I had something slip out of my hands including the C11 just stopped by that little plastic thingy from a sure disaster.
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Yep $200 is getting off lightly I reckon.
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Originally Posted by TrevorW
Dougie you should have posted sooner I"ve got a GSO Focuser that's gathering dust you could probbly have got for a song and I'm sure others here have stuff that they don't need that could have helped out.
I've dropped my ED80 once onto concrete and like you glad(lucky) it didn't break a lens, all the best anyway.
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Cheers Trevor - I should have put a wanted ad in the classifieds!
Sounds like we've all had close calls at some point.
Thanks all for the sympathy!
Doug