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No, I don't know what happened but the damage indicates that the lens was pulled off in an upward direction - the bottom mount screw hole is intact, the two either side are broken halfway down and the top two are completely missing.
There is no damage to the outside of the camera so either it fell on the lens or something fell on it.
Either way, all the electronics work and once I get the mount reattached I'll see if the lens communicates with the camera OK.
Fortunately Nikon made the box with 8mm deep screw holes for a 6mm screw and the mount is another 1 - 2 mm, so the plan is to use 8mm M2 replacement screws which means, at least for the bottom screws they will screw into unbroken plastic for some of the length. The methylacrylate glue is 2 part and incredibly strong - I use it to glue broken plastic car bumpers back together!
It must have taken a heck of a whack. Or the D600 mount isn’t as robust.
I was photographing a leisure centre some years ago. While waiting for the swimming pool to be cleared of people (to get still water) I went up 2 floors to the gym and was taking photos there, when I got the call…. “still water”.
I raced down the stone stairwell with my D3 and 24-70 lens loosely wedged on my bag. Centrifugal force took over as I cornered at speed and the whole combo flew across the landing and smashed against the wall.
Bits everywhere.
I scooped up the bits put them in the car and grabbed my back up kit only to find some fat git had ignored the request to stay out of water for 10mins and jumped in. Fortunately his ripples hadn’t reached the deep end so I later photoshopped out him and his tsunami.
Took the mess to ACS on my way home and having miraculously saved all the bits, David was able to reassemble the lens while I waited. I actually felt it was a better lens after his rebuild!
But the point was……the D3 mount was totally undamaged ( ok the body had a couple of chunks missing) …. the lens seemed to be the crumble zone.
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