Today, getting out of a cab in Vung Tau, I dropped it. Or I should say it fell off my neck. Don't know how, the strap has been very secure, or so it seemed. Today, when I climbed out of the cab it fell from my neck. So it hit the pavement from about waist height.
I imagined disaster. Fractured or at "best" misaligned lens elements and no more pictures. Or perhaps the camera wouldn't even turn on. Happy to say it seems to be working fine.
On inspection I found both ends of the strap came free from the camera body! Have no idea how that could have happened. And seems it would be impossible for them both to come free at the same time, but they did.
The lens is surrounded by a metal barrel and the end of that where the lens telescopes in and out when turned on or zoomed has been deformed. It is now slightly oval shaped. It isn't so oval to keep the lens from moving in and out. And the lens doesn't scrape against it while moving.
I found all the pieces of the strap that came free on the ground where I stepped out of the cab. Refastened the ends of the strap to the camera and all seems well again.
Very glad that I'm not replacing my camera yet.
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