> I think we all have stories here. Ah, war stories . . . . OK, Here's my best one: I left an FM with an MD-11 and a 500mm/f8 (fairly heavy) on a poolside table covered with a towel (to keep it cooler). Somebody got out of the pool and grabbed the towel to dry off -- CLUNK! - the camera goes face first into the concrete deck. I expected the lens helix to be jammed or something, but it didn't even dent the lens hood, just marred the finish a bit. There was a fine coating of concrete dust on the leading edge of the hood, and a circular (lens hood sized) mark about 1/32 inch deep in the concrete where the lens hit. I was impressed. The camera kept working for another 10 years after that -- the lens and motor are still going strong today. I don't know if they ever fixed the concrete. -Don