The tall and skinny version is that $20 camera bags are $20 camera bags and I need to properly protect my gear.
As we were leaving the hotel I was pulling my roller bag with my laptop case and camera bag drapped over my left shoulder. I then attempted to open the trunk of the rental car with the key in my right hand when all of a sudden, THUMP. The camera bag smacked the ground. It landed perfectly flat on the bottom of the bag, which translated to the glass part of the lens.
How the bag landed
How the camera looks inside the bag.
The filter was smashed, but I was able to remove it with some force and decided to snap a quick shot of it for the blog. Well as I composed my shot and hit the autofocus, I heard the motor make an erie grinding sound and slowly the image came into focus. The D300 appears to still be in pretty good shape. The mount for the lens is now a little tight, but everything else appears fine. The lens on the other hand is pretty shot. It doesn't like to zoom or focus, manually or automatically. I'm gonna send it off to Nikon this week to get an estimate for repairs.
Upon inspection of the bag this clip was determined to be the culprit. Its a swivel clip and the feature that allows it to swivel popped out of place.
It's almost like this was a sign for me to get my new dream camera, the D700. It was just announced last night and contains the one feature the D300 lacks, a full frame sensor. Luckily enough my camera still works, so I'm sticking with it, but I'm shopping around for some new glass (lens for you non-photography folk).Now that it has been a few days I'm feeling much better. At first I was pretty pissed, but now I've come to grips with the situation and am ready to move on.
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