A pretty sever drop test

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A pretty sever drop test

Postby aloysius on Wed May 02, 2007 11:46 am

http://www.sportsshooter.com/members.html?id=296

Mate sent me this link today, not sure if its been posted before but daaamn its worth reposting!
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Postby methd on Wed May 02, 2007 11:57 am

nothing a bit of gaffa tape wont fix :)
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Postby BT*ist on Wed May 02, 2007 12:21 pm

Good that he can laugh it off, I suppose!

... and yeah. If I had an office, I'd get it mounted on the wall with a caption "In The Line Of Duty".
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Postby tbgphoto on Wed May 02, 2007 1:12 pm

Ouch, but that's what insurance is for....
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Postby Old Bob on Wed May 02, 2007 1:19 pm

What a sad picture, at least his lens survived. Anyone know what the body of the mark 11 is made from?

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Postby binky on Wed May 02, 2007 1:20 pm

I would frame it and hang it on the wall.. amazing part of the story is that the camera still "clicks".
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Postby moggy on Thu May 03, 2007 12:06 am

I wonder how a Nikon D2H or D2X would have faired? :wink:

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Postby Kyle on Thu May 03, 2007 12:53 am

Old Bob wrote:What a sad picture, at least his lens survived. Anyone know what the body of the mark 11 is made from?

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Magnesium alloy I thought?


Pretty sad, but for it to break that hard he must have hit the deck pretty heavy too.
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