In the past 2 weeks, I had my Canon 5D Mark II body refuse to turn on, AND a 32GB CF card give me an error message in the body (no material was lost). When my 5D wouldn’t turn on, I spent 2 days on the phone trying to find a place to fix it quickly, trying to rent/borrow a camera, and pacing! I eventually pulled the trigger and just bought a new 5D. (So now I’m packing 2 5Ds and a 7D 
) I’m glad I was in a position that I was able to do that. If this happened in the winter time, I would have been in real trouble.
So what the jam! I’m getting kind of paranoid about all this error stuff. I take great care of my gear, store it properly and talk nice to it every day! And still, in the blink of an eye, they left me concerned. This situtation makes me shake a little. I’m not sure how to properly prepare myself so that something serious doesn’t happen to me during a shoot, or during an edit, or while I’m just stairing at my equipment bag! I definitely keep all of my material backed up in two different spots, so that calms my nerves a bit… But I feel that’s all I can do!
So my advice to all the photo+cinema shooters out there – just brace yourself. Just in case. Don’t live on constant edge, just be aware that without you abusing your equipment, they just might go on strike without warning.
Don’t say it can never happen to you, because it just might. And when it does, give me a call and I will help you through it however I can.
