XHaler survives 3 story fall....

[AshHole]

I was on my friends rooftop sun deck which is on the 3rd story of his home.
I had my camera and Xhaler (the one time I have put it down) on a small table near the railing.

My friend swung his leg over his chair to get up and get a beer and WHAM! He knocked over the table and my XHaler and camera (Nikon D100) went sliding through the railing off the roof to his pool deck/rock garden below.

"My e-cig!" I yelled... and he was like, "Dude. Your camera...oh my god..I'm so sorry.."

"..&#@! the camera... where is my e-cig?"

My XHaler survived with only minor damage - It appeared to bounce off a big rock and then whacked the pool deck. There is a divot out of the delrin cap and a ding on the edge of one of one of the adapters. I buffed the delrin cap to get rid of the jaggies. The vinyl covering has a few minor scratches.

Sorry for the crappy pics.
My 105mm Nikkor-VR Macro f2.8 was sacrificed in the fall. The D100 actually hit a bush before bouncing onto the deck. The lens is toast but the camera body appears okay. It was time for service on it anyway...

 

[SudokuGal]

Glad it survived!!!

 

[WonderfulMe]

"..&#@! the camera... where is my e-cig?"

I would have said about the same thing. I've dropped mine a lot, but never that far, glad it survived.

 

[Up In Vapor]

Wow dude, 3 stories and still vaping!!! I'm kinda rough on my e-cigs too, dropping them and knocking them over all the time...never 3 stories yet

Drew needs to come up with a wrist-strap accessory like they have for the Wii, LOL I could use one :

 

[Drewsworld]

I gotta say Ash, you are one funny dude!!! I just spit a half a cup of water out....This is Too Too funny...
Drew

 

[AshHole]

...Drew needs to come up with a wrist-strap accessory like they have for the Wii, LOL I could use one :

What an IDEA! Maybe a silicone sheath too... Drew are you listening?

 

[AshHole]

I gotta say Ash, you are one funny dude!!!Drew

And you, my friend, make one hell of a PV!

 

[eclypse]

LOL! Sweet.. Nice to see it survived! I'd say order up a BLING adaptor from that sharpandPointy guy. I'm sure he would'nt mind the ding in the top as he'll carve it up anyways.

Got Bling?

 

[Mosin]

And I thought I screwed up when I got out of the car last week and heard my Xhaler clatter to the sidewalk. D'oh! Luckily only a scratch to the cap.

 

[SudokuGal]

Keep your toes out of the way when the Xhaler is going down...lol. I dropped mine last night onto my big toe...big ouch!

 

[wanderlust]

Just curious but did you take the picture with the same camera that made the three story fall?

 

[Kricos]

Ouch, glad to hear it survived. Mine fell out of my lap on to the carpet and i was worried, lol.

 

[AshHole]

Just curious but did you take the picture with the same camera that made the three story fall?

Yes, but not the same glass. Had to use my 18-35mm at 2 ft and enlarge the pics a buttload. After some more testing, its not too bad. The shrub it hit was really the life-saver there. I think I need the AF recalibrated tho, and the shutter speed seems "off" to me. It goes off to the Nikon center today. There's 3 weeks without it. If too much more is outta whack, I will just replace it - time to move away from 1st generation equipment anyway.

 

[RatRacer]

Glad the Xhaler survived. Looks like a good excuse to go up to a D300.

 

[AshHole]

You know, 3 flights of stairs is an eternity when pondering the possible loss of a loved one! Every step, the visions replayed of seeing my beloved Xhaler fall to its death, of how mangled my Xhaler would be, grew more intense.

The torturous thoughts of waiting 3 days for another one, wondering how I could bribe Drew to send one overnight mail, could I fit another one into my budget, vaping a regular 510 is unacceptable, wondering if there was anything I could have done to prevent this travesty.

Then I thought - "I dont even have a camera to document this sordid, macabre scene to share with everyone on ECF!" (somehow this thought is creepy to me...)

You could imagine my joy when I picked it up, put it to my lips and gently pushed the button and the vapor of HV Kent passed into my lungs!

The scene crept into my dreams last night... I think i am scarred from this and will be a little over-protective of my Xhaler from now on... either that or I will beat the living crap out of it and I will soon have the ugliest Xhaler on the planet.


...and I am looking at the D700 too