Photographer’s $11K Nikon Rig Trashed in Drag Race Mishap (VIDEO)
This’ll bring a tear to the eye of any photographer. Mark J. Rebilas recently lost his Nikon D700, 400mm f/2.8 lens, and Pocket Wizard set-up to an out-of-control dragster speeding along at 250 miles an hour.
Luckily for Rebilas, the camera rig was set up remotely so he was nowhere near it when the race car went sideways.
Unluckily for him, $11,000 worth of gear was scattered in pieces all over the track.
(Via PetaPixel from f stoppers.)
November 11th, 2010 at 11:17 am
I sure hope you have good insurance!
November 11th, 2010 at 6:40 pm
Oh – so sad! Yeah – sure do hope has good insurance. Hope he posts detailed stills of the lens remains.
November 12th, 2010 at 8:50 am
Boo-Hoo! Poor him. Now he has to drive off into the sunset in his $50K Corvette.
November 14th, 2010 at 11:09 am
That’s why we insure our gear.
November 14th, 2010 at 3:47 pm
The insurance premium would be huge for a risk like this..provided he told them how close his kit was to the cars. A lot of photographers cannot afford all risks premiums if they are honest.
I do have sympathy for him.
November 16th, 2010 at 8:09 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srme7rzpgDs
November 16th, 2010 at 12:51 pm
The gear can be replaced….. I was wondering how much he’ll lose now that the world know what he keeps in the trunk of that car. Hope he doesn’t tweet his out of town business. Can’t imagine what he lose if someone drove off with that car.
November 18th, 2010 at 10:54 am
So, because he is a photographer, he’s not allowed to earn a good enough of a living to drive a Corvette?