BMFin 0 #26 September 16, 2008 LOL I think that through the last couple of messages peggs82 was trying to ask how come you recieved the XSi allthough you lost a 40D ? I must admit Im confused too.. , Since to me it seems like you recieved both XSi and the 40D ? Anyways. Seems quite unusual malfunction from the way I read it.. Glad you are allright.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DSE 5 #27 September 16, 2008 Notice I got both. there is a story there, it's just to be shared at a different time Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Quincy 0 #28 September 16, 2008 DSE... Thumbs up on getting the replacements. Good post. New question ... how in the world did you find the camera/lens after ..."my 40D, 15mm EF lens took a 3000' tumble..."...??? Man, is that ever some world class spotting/searching...!!!... Quincy... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DSE 5 #29 September 17, 2008 QuoteDSE... Thumbs up on getting the replacements. Good post. New question ... how in the world did you find the camera/lens after ..."my 40D, 15mm EF lens took a 3000' tumble..."...??? Man, is that ever some world class spotting/searching...!!!... Quincy... Well....first thing after I got my brain about me, was looking for where I was. I had a really good idea of the sightline, and knew it was in a relatively small area. We got into that area, and then ended up climbing the airport fence, and walked a grid. Then Chris W at our DZ climbed the fence and started the other side of the same grid area. he took a dozen steps and (I'm on the phone with Scotty Burns at the moment), says ..."What's that?" And points at the camera, less than 20' away from where I was standing. Was an awesome find and I owe Chris a little more than beer, because without the parts, I couldn't prove damage, and would have struggled getting replacements. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
parachutist 2 #30 September 17, 2008 QuoteDSE... Thumbs up on getting the replacements. Good post. New question ... how in the world did you find the camera/lens after ..."my 40D, 15mm EF lens took a 3000' tumble..."...??? Man, is that ever some world class spotting/searching...!!!... Quincy... We had a team of about 10 people searching the area as the sun was setting. I happened upon the camera... luckily it was in one of the few areas that didn't have dense weeds... it was just sitting on top of hard dry dirt. DSE found the lens 12 ft or so away... it must've bounced pretty good =] Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zee 0 #31 September 17, 2008 Man, you got lucky. My whole FTP came off and ended up in a swamp. Never found a single trace of the damned thing Action©Sports Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites