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- From: sog@craycos.com (Steve Gombosi)
- Newsgroups: rec.photo
- Subject: Re: How do they know?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.190346.2440@craycos.com>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 19:03:46 GMT
- References: <1992Dec22.054431.23588@ultb.isc.rit.edu> <1992Dec22.115922.3218@sequent.com>
- Organization: Cray Computer Corporation
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- In article <1992Dec22.115922.3218@sequent.com> blue@sequent.com (Gil Delavous) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec22.054431.23588@ultb.isc.rit.edu> fjcppr@ritvax.isc.rit.edu writes:
- >>In the most recent Del's ad in Shutterbug, Tony "who knows Leica" says
- >>that you can stand on a Leica without damaging it. Should I believe
- >>that Tony or someone he knows has actually done that? Has anyone
- >>out there in Rec.photo every stood on any camera? If so, please
- >>include your weight in your reply. Also, did you stand on the camera
- >>with its bottom or its back to the ground?
- >
- >Ah Ah Ah! I like this one!!!
- >Seriously now, I always thought that cameras were made to take pictures.
- >Standing on it doesn't even mean that its robust; you can stand on a glass
- >but if you let it fall on the ground see what happen. Under certain
- >circumstance I'm also pretty sure that I could stand on my all-plastic EOS A2
- >without damaging it.
-
- Well I don't know anyone who has stood on a Leica, but I did know someone
- who dropped an M-2 out of an airplane while shooting some aerial shots.
- The camera was unscathed by the experience - I don't have the particulars on
- altitude or groundspeed, though. I wouldn't recommend it as a regular practice.
-
- Steve
-