Lenses are falling from the sky

[ChrisTX]

Camera Lens Falls From Sky Through Roof Of Petaluma Home « CBS San Francisco

I wish a Nikon 70-200 would fall down from the sky and land in my yard.

[auddii]

But then you'd just have a broken lens.

[Ricco]

I thought it was a canon lens.

Damn canon users and their always trying to go for for that epic shot.

Any bets on when/if they come forward along with the circumstances?

Betcha it was on a remote control plane experiment.

[kenw]

Originally Posted by auddii

But then you'd just have a broken lens.

which a good lawyer could magically turn into several nice new ones.....

[Killjoy]

Originally Posted by Ricco

Damn canon users and their always trying to go for for that epic shot.

Yeah, so?

[duronboy]

So bizarre how there's no body attached. I can't image any kind of engine vibration that would cause a modern lens to dismount. I'd love to hear the follow-up on this.

[Saltwater Servitude]

Originally Posted by duronboy

So bizarre how there's no body attached. I can't image any kind of engine vibration that would cause a modern lens to dismount. I'd love to hear the follow-up on this.

I'd be willing to wager that the owner of the lens was perfectly happy that they weren't attached.

Ba-da-bam! Rimshot!

Thank ya, I'll be all night. Try the veal.

[Ricco]

Either that, or he accidentally disengaged it as he installed the camera, which means there is a camera our there that needs a serious cleaning.

[Killjoy]

Or perhaps it was a slip-up as someone was changing a lens in a small plane?

[snydersnapshots]

Originally Posted by kenw

which a good lawyer could magically turn into several nice new ones.....

Where's Jim "Texas Hammer" Adler when you need him?!

[hdctx]

I just thought you might find this amusing.

Camera Lens Falls From Sky Through Roof Of Petaluma Home


PETALUMA (CBS SF) – Petaluma police were working to track down the owner of a camera lens that apparently fell from the sky earlier this month, damaging a local family’s home.

Debbie Payne, 55, said she found the approximately two-pound, 9-inch Canon camera lens outside of her home on Friday, Sept. 2, after hearing a loud crash that shook the two-story house, left a hole in her roof and sliced through two window screens.

She said the noise was loud enough to startle her next-door neighbor, who quickly spotted a piece of the camera lens next to a truck parked in his driveway.

After reviewing Payne’s mailed-in police report on Wednesday, officers are now tracking the lens’ serial number and working with the Petaluma Airport and the Federal Aviation Administration to determine whether the part may have fallen from a plane.

Payne said she didn’t see any aircraft near her home at the time of the incident.

The longtime Petaluma resident said she hopes to recoup the $1,000 insurance deductible she paid to fix the damage to her roof and screens, which contractors estimated would cost about $4,500 to repair.

But mostly, Payne said, she’s grateful the lens didn’t cause further harm—especially since she lives about 200 feet from an elementary school.

“It would have killed someone, had there been someone underneath the lens,” she said.

FAA spokesman Ian Gregor said that while he’s never heard of a camera lens falling from an aircraft, objects such as plane parts and ice chunks do sometimes fall during flights, though rarely.

“This is an unusual occurrence—even proving this came from an aircraft could be difficult,” he said.

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[Ricco]

Originally Posted by Killjoy

Or perhaps it was a slip-up as someone was changing a lens in a small plane?

That's probable, but would you change a lens in an open cockpit/window of a plane?

I mean, how far does that thing need to fall to have that much velocity?

Time to call "Mythbusters."

[kenw]

She has window screens on her roof?

[snydersnapshots]

Originally Posted by kenw

She has window screens on her roof?

It fell through the roof outside of the exterior wall, so it went through the roof and the soffitt...which really makes the $4500 sound suspicious.

Hey... There's a B-17 at Hooks. Wonder if it has a Norden bombsight? Maybe I could get a new roof too... Better use a Canon lens though. Might look suspicious when I make a claim for the broken 80-200 AND a new roof.

[duronboy]

Ok, I might have figured out where it came from... lol

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