Years ago I read this story in a gun magazine. A guy was out on a bear hunt and asked the guide what the difference between a black bear and a grizzly bear is and the guide responds:
If a bear chases you, you climb up in a tree and the bear climbs up after you, it's a black bear.
If you climb up in a tree and the bear pulls the tree up with the roots, it's a grizzly bear.
it came out of hibernation to see Nikon's latest and greatest, took a sniff and a taste, and thought, bloody hell it looks and tastes same as that old D3s, angrily stomped the heck out of it, and took off to hibernate another 4 more years in anticipation for the next D5
well it proves the camera is bearproof .... the tripod however failed on the stability proof ...
Anyway : great pics... and good coldblooded (re)action by the photographer. Next time take a jar of honey with you to distract the bear...
hi. you're very lucky. i lived and photographed in the yellowstone country for many years. currently i'm a photo editor at the denver post. i also write for our travel section blog, "free range." i'd really like to interview you and post your amazing photos on our blog.
First of all, glad you're OK! Second - great presence of mind to drop the gear and make a tactical retreat - discretion being the better part of valor in this case!!! - the documentation of the incident is GREAT!
Of course, it was rental equipment, LEAVE IT AND TAKE OFF!!!!! . If that was your hard earned 16k, something tells me the story would have been different and it would have been you with the teeth marks and focusing problem, and the D4 would have been unscathed!
I read about this at LensRental.com. But they state that some of the equipment was damaged. I'm not surprised since that is an awful big lens attached to the body and it doesn't take much to bend the mount. That's certainly the "weak link" in any body/lens combination.
sic0048 wrote:
I read about this at LensRental.com. But they state that some of the equipment was damaged.
Go to page 8 of this thread, and Roger from LensRentals responds to this. The camera did work, it just backfocused, that is something that is easy to miss at first when the OP first started this thread...
cleoent wrote:
Wow crazy crazy story and great pictures!
Of course, it was rental equipment, LEAVE IT AND TAKE OFF!!!!! . If that was your hard earned 16k, something tells me the story would have been different and it would have been you with the teeth marks and focusing problem, and the D4 would have been unscathed!
Man is YOUR life worth a paltry $16k? Just saying. I'd have run myself
That's what insurance is for...
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. If that was your hard earned 16k, something tells me the story would have been different and it would have been you with the teeth marks and focusing problem, and the D4 would have been unscathed!