I once dropped a Praktika from a height of some 10 or 12 feet onto
concrete. It landed upside down, and the result was a big dent at the
top of the prism housing -- but there was no internal damage, and the
camera kept working just great.
That experience is one reason why my current lineup of Pe
Norman Baugher writes:
> When I got down to the base of the cliff, the
> camera and the lens were fine. It appears the Pentax UV filter on the lens
> absorbed all the force from the impact and was itself, miraculously, still
> intact...
That should read: "miraculously, the Pentax UV filter it l
tom writes:
> I was pulling the ZX-5n and 77mm out of the car this a.m. when I dropped
> it. It fell about 3 feet onto asphalt, with the lens striking 1st. After
> the 1st hit, it bounced a couple of times. The sound was truly
> sickening.
I'm just about surprised you didn't have a heart attack
This reminds me of an old Woody Allen routine. He is given a gift
of a silver bullet, and he carries it in his breast pocket as a good
luck charm. One day he's walking through NYC and a bible falls from
an upper floor window of a hotel. The bible hits him, but Woody's
unscathed. The bullet in
Well Tom, I got out of my car this morning with my new Nikon FM3, with the
45mm attached. I was, unfortunately, parked on the edge of a 200 meter
cliff. I ended up dropping my camera, as I was getting out of the car, right
off the edge of the cliff. When I got down to the base of the cliff, the
ca
I was pulling the ZX-5n and 77mm out of the car this a.m. when I dropped
it. It fell about 3 feet onto asphalt, with the lens striking 1st. After
the 1st hit, it bounced a couple of times. The sound was truly
sickening.
No damage except for a ding in the lens cap.
Try that with your Nikon 45mm!
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