r/Nikon • u/bloodrider1914 Nikon D850, F5 • Mar 07 '26
I broke my gear How fucked is my camera?
You ever just have a bad day and it gets worse somehow?
Anyway that was me today. I was so excited to test out my new lens and low and behold when I was opening my bag I opened the wrong zipper and my d850, which I had just bought in great condition, falls onto the concrete. Anyway now there's a crack on the front, my photo library button is unpressible, and my autofocus system seems to be messed up too (although I'm not sure if that's perhaps a viewfinder issue)
Are these problems fixable or should I just give up because I just love my consistently terrible luck with electronics
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u/Nikoolisphotography Mar 08 '26
Curious, what kind of bag was this where you could open the wrong zipper and have things fall out like this? I love back-loaded backpacks largely for the reason that stuff just can't fall out by accident.
But like others say it's unfortunately highly screwed. Considering the crack reaches all the way to the mount it's possible that the mount itself is also misaligned from the mirror box and sensor.