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Ever fallen with your camera?

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Splice.
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Anyone ever fallen, or seen anyone fall while filming?
Oct 7 2012 7:18PM
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1337
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not at fast speeds, but i've definitely fallen over holding a glidecam+camera. I'm pretty anal about my camera though, I had that shit well off the ground in cat like reflex time. Take the hit with your body and camera swapped to other hand extended into the air.
Oct 7 2012 7:22PM
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SNP_CREW
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Yea ive done it. first run of the day. Dont judge me haha
Oct 7 2012 7:35PM
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Splice.
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Loving the "oh fuck" at the end
Oct 7 2012 7:38PM
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blatt
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Hahaha yes



20 seconds in. Tried to film and ski switch... caught an edge
Oct 7 2012 7:45PM
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plorr
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https://vimeo.com/8005007#
Oct 7 2012 7:45PM
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123+ski
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immediately thought of this when i saw this thread
Oct 7 2012 7:51PM
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Mkvackay
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yup

broken glidecam, and broken lens

last shot here too haha





Oct 7 2012 8:11PM
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eheath
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yup hahaha. ive fallen other times very mellow compared to this.
Oct 7 2012 8:26PM
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Jeff_Lo
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Never have.
Oct 7 2012 8:35PM
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Balto
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slid down a small "cliff" face with my 5d
Oct 7 2012 8:39PM
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Splice.
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Riley Snyder got taken out by Ware at Windells. He was most likely high.


Oct 7 2012 8:39PM
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Mag
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Hoping this doesn't happen to me this year, I can't imagine taking a 5diii skiing with you, I'd be too scared to ski at all with it haha.
Oct 7 2012 8:55PM
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PartyHon
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Caleb E and I have had our close calls but i do remember colliding with him before i even started recording

skill i know
Oct 7 2012 9:01PM
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[J_Gasper]
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I was so confused when I saw this video first back in the day.

so you were gonna hit a decently sized jump with a glidecam and an HVX? That takes nuts.
Oct 7 2012 9:09PM
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Matt_Rossi
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Booking behind my friend (follow caming) clipped an edge almost broke my arm, but i saved the camera... worth it
Oct 7 2012 9:23PM
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C.A.V.
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walking with a tripod and and my t2i out on rocks to get some surfing shots because i couldn't surf when i had a broken sternum, slipped on a rock and landed in water on my butt/back almost dropped my baby in the water
Oct 7 2012 9:37PM
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RockNRollNghtClb
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first thing i thought of when i saw eheath comment
Oct 7 2012 10:36PM
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juicedrummer11
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my camera has been dropped. while glidecamming and following me (we both film and were taking turns) coming off a knuckle i was hitting the jump and my buddy caught the slushy shit pot hole in between tranny's and caught an edge and took a digger with my camera. cut his hand pretty good but saved the camera. only lost one of the small rubber bands on my rodemic
Oct 7 2012 10:37PM
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jason...
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got a bad concussion bombing a hill on my skateboard with my camera bag on my back. somehow no damage to lenses or flashes
Oct 7 2012 10:53PM
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pjbackwoods
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thats fucking hilarious! no hate intended evan.
Oct 8 2012 12:02AM
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BK
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only fallen skating with a camera, usually football in the hand 'don't fumble' reflexes take over.
Oct 8 2012 12:09AM
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SNP_CREW
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Just saw this. I was pretty happy knowing i can never drop this too hard basically
Oct 8 2012 12:29AM
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eheath
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That was the link i quoted... idiot
Oct 8 2012 12:58AM
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eheath
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I didnt hit jumps with my glidecam, but i did quite a bit with my hvx, check out slow! i have a few shots following ware and wyble

Slow! from Evan Heath Visual on Vimeo.

Oct 8 2012 2:41AM
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Splice.
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So I'd be pretty fucking dumb to hit with my glidecam?
Oct 8 2012 12:31PM
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edai
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Well seeing as you can barely support a glidecam and camera with one arm while walking i dont think you'd be able to hold up going off a jump.
Oct 8 2012 12:45PM
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Splice.
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wow it really is that time of the month for most NSers.
Oct 8 2012 1:13PM
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Chinchi
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hahahhaha matt you goon
Oct 8 2012 1:15PM
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PacificRimJob
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Not while holding it, but 2 years ago I had a 1D mk2 that I was borrowing from my Uni in a backpack, along with several 'cheaper-ish' lenses. We were skiing out to a location to get some shots, and we hauled ass to get there before the spot was hit by anyone else. Ended up clipping an exposed tree branch and ate major shit.

Camera body lived. 2 lenses did not. Thank god they were just basic zooms, and the school had them insured haha. No having to replace any red ring monsters.
Oct 8 2012 6:02PM
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ALaw
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hahahhaa
Oct 8 2012 9:09PM
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RockNRollNghtClb
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oh, my bad dickmouth
Oct 8 2012 11:50PM
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SkiJay.
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this videos legit.. also.. ive dropped my camera a few times but nothings happened but minor scratches
Oct 9 2012 3:56AM
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Splice.
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You think I'll be ok with a glidecam+60D
Oct 9 2012 10:43AM
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Randy_Quench
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I have fallen skating with my t2i - pebble stopped my wheels and I went straight over. tuck n rolled to save the camera from certain death by pavement.
yet to drop it/fall skiing. *knock on wood*.
i've fallen countless times with gopros not that those really count.
Oct 9 2012 11:36AM
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gravel
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go find out yourself
Oct 9 2012 11:38AM
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Splice.
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SNOWWWW....


I NEED SNOW.
Oct 9 2012 12:01PM
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bo0b
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I was followcamming on a bumpy road with my 5D on a longboard. Did that for about thirty seconds until I just said fuck this, didn't actually fall haha (thank god). I may buy insurance on my camera for next season, does anyone know if it is actually good coverage for something like falling and breaking it?
Oct 9 2012 2:02PM
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Randy_Quench
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the coverage I have is through best buy's geek squad. They basically told me as long as I dont completely submerge the camera in water, or bring it to them in a hundred pieces they will replace it on the spot.
Oct 9 2012 3:24PM
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kootenayklaus
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I have, skiing switch shooting someone on a rail, there was a snow drop off/ledge behind me and skied right off of it. Slammed my 60D off of the corn snow and all was ok, but it was extremely scary.
Oct 9 2012 4:55PM
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Mkvackay
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homeowners (or in my case renters) insurance saves lives... and cameras
Oct 9 2012 4:57PM
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mmallender.
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probably one of my favorite edits of yours. also, gnarliest bail with camera haha
Oct 10 2012 3:42AM
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*steeze_is_good
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No its cause you're a fucking idiot
Oct 11 2012 1:27PM
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Shabangarang
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ive stumbled but nothing serious knock on wood!
Oct 11 2012 3:14PM
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Laurent.
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I was doing some street photography in Amsterdam. with my Zenit-11 and Helios 44.

I saw some guy in a crazy outfit, walked around looking trough my viewfinder trying to get focus.

Tripped over a random guide wire, fell and the front element of the lens hit the corner of a random exposed brick: crack.

Didn't notice until I came home that my front element was missing.
Oct 11 2012 5:10PM
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Will.T
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yeah and each time im like:

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Oct 11 2012 6:43PM
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mammothpunks
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Fully cased bottom jump in South Park at mam (around 35+ feet) followcaming with 5dmkii on monopod with 501 head. Camera bounced out of my hands another 15 feet down landing on impact. My head / face hit the ground smashing goggle lens and slight concussion. Broke lens hood on 17-40 and tripod plate tore the bottom plate on the camera about 1/4 inch out and some snow got inside the gap. Broke the card door off as well. Put the camera in a bag of rice for a day and has worked fine since then.
Oct 11 2012 7:22PM
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SkiJay.
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3:06... hahaha

Puppies! from goodie pocket films on Vimeo.


Oct 11 2012 7:30PM
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gravel
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not mine, but my favorite:


Oct 11 2012 10:21PM
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1337
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no its not, you're just retarded and just took offense to someone's factual statement. try glidecamming around your house with one hand. it doesnt work that way, you need a second to point it in a direction. And I bet $10 you can not jump without using one hand for balance in air
Oct 11 2012 10:24PM
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BolderPro
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Thats such a dope edit and I always noticed the boarder fall when i used to watch it its funny that its someone on here lol

Ive dropped my gopro literally a million times but have yet to fall with my camera but my dad has when he was shooting me on a rail he fell off of a ledge after it and didnt know it was there but he managed to save the camera

first shot in this "edit" I dropped the gopro and it rolled for sooo long and almost went into a creek at the bottom of the run

Oct 11 2012 10:37PM
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