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[Bowser]

For your entertaiment:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_F0RTaFhgcA#!

[Eric Stevens]

On Tue, 21 May 2013 12:57:37 -0400, Bowser <id...@think.so> wrote:

>For your entertaiment:
>
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_F0RTaFhgcA#!

I remember being told about 1990 "If you drop them, Minoltas shatter,
Nikons bounce".

My Nikon D300 has had a couple of rather horrible drop experiences but
doesn't seem to be any the worse for it.
--

Regards,

Eric Stevens

[Alan Browne]

On 2013.05.21 18:59 , Eric Stevens wrote:
> On Tue, 21 May 2013 12:57:37 -0400, Bowser <id...@think.so> wrote:
>
>> For your entertaiment:
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_F0RTaFhgcA#!
>
> I remember being told about 1990 "If you drop them, Minoltas shatter,
> Nikons bounce".

Depends on the Minolta and the Nikon in question. Fond recollections of
a braggart and his Nikon until I asked him if I could hit it with my
Maxxum 9. He paled.


--
"A Canadian is someone who knows how to have sex in a canoe."
-Pierre Berton

[Tony Cooper]

On Tue, 21 May 2013 12:57:37 -0400, Bowser <id...@think.so> wrote:

>For your entertaiment:
>
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_F0RTaFhgcA#!

At the end of the clip, the girl asks what should be dropped next.

I suggest holding up the girl with the whiny voice and the person who
came up with this test by their ankles and dropping them from the roof
of B&H.

--
Tony Cooper - Orlando FL

[Bo...@somewhere.com]

On Tue, 21 May 2013 12:57:37 -0400, Bowser <id...@think.so> wrote:

>For your entertaiment:
>
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_F0RTaFhgcA#!

You can't come to a conclusion with 1 test drop... that is just stupid!


I once was running thru my house and grabbed my Nikon D60 off a chair on the way
by, but the strap caught and pulled the camera out of my hand and also released
the snag, and I ended up "bowling" it about 10 feet down my cement basement
floor!

Absolutely no damage to the camera, just to my heart!

I also did a similar trick to my Minolta F9 film camera years ago, no damage
then either.

[Tony Cooper]

On Tue, 21 May 2013 22:26:21 -0400, Bo...@somewhere.com wrote:

>On Tue, 21 May 2013 12:57:37 -0400, Bowser <id...@think.so> wrote:
>
>>For your entertaiment:
>>
>>http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_F0RTaFhgcA#!
>
>
>You can't come to a conclusion with 1 test drop... that is just stupid!
>
>
>I once was running thru my house and grabbed my Nikon D60 off a chair on the way
>by, but the strap caught and pulled the camera out of my hand and also released
>the snag, and I ended up "bowling" it about 10 feet down my cement basement
>floor!
>
>Absolutely no damage to the camera, just to my heart!

The D40, and several other Nikons, have plastic flanges on the lens
where it locks into the body. That's the most likely point of damage.
If it doesn't hit at the end of the lens and cause torque at the join
point, there might not be any damage.

>I also did a similar trick to my Minolta F9 film camera years ago, no damage
>then either.

[RichA]

On May 21, 12:57 pm, Bowser <id...@think.so> wrote:
> For your entertaiment:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_F0RTaFhgcA#!

Thanks, it was hilarious. The lenses reminded me of a pilot ejecting
from a hobbled aircraft! Sustaining so much damage from a minor
drop. I figure I dropped my old Olympus SLR in similar circumstances
a few times and all that happened was a cracked lens filter and a
slightly dented prism housing but the camera still worked. I did drop
an Olympus E-330, which ricocheted back and forth between big boulders
then came to stop but it sustained no damage. A metal-bayonet lens
would not have come off like that, but would likely have sustained
some damage.
In truth, it's very difficult to duplicate an exact fall, but they did
a good job on this.

[RichA]

On May 21, 10:47 pm, Tony Cooper <tonycooper...@gmail.com> wrote:

If the the lenses had metal bayonets, then it's likely screws would
have been ripped from the lens, or the camera body's bayonet, unless
the screws went into a metal chassis.

[Bowser]

On Tue, 21 May 2013 22:26:21 -0400, Bo...@somewhere.com wrote:

>On Tue, 21 May 2013 12:57:37 -0400, Bowser <id...@think.so> wrote:
>
>>For your entertaiment:
>>
>>http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=_F0RTaFhgcA#!
>
>
>You can't come to a conclusion with 1 test drop... that is just stupid!

Nonsense. It's on the internet, it has to be true.

[PeterN]

I dropped my 70-200, which is a solid lens. No glass broke, but it was a
$450 repair at Nikon.

--
PeterN

[PeterN]

That wasa very clever ad.

--
PeterN

[RichA]

Because it's so heavy, it's like a 400lb man jumping off a building.
Guess what happens when he hits the pavement?
Either that, or Nikon just charged a lot.

[Neil Ellwood]

Just think about what has to be done.

Strip the lens down and inspect, clean and repair the parts. Then
reassemble the lens on an optical bench resetting each component as
assembled. Final check to guarantee the work.

All this by very expensive craftsmen using expensive tools and knowledge.



--
Neil
Reverse ‘a’ and ‘r’
Remove ‘l’ to get address.

[PeterN]

On 5/23/2013 8:28 AM, Neil Ellwood wrote:
> On Wed, 22 May 2013 17:32:24 -0700, RichA wrote:
>
>> On May 22, 8:40 am, PeterN <peter.newnos...@verizon.net> wrote:
>>> On 5/22/2013 1:53 AM, RichA wrote:
>>>

<snip>

I was happy to pay the price. Rich stated that plastic parts in lenses
are easily damaged. My only reason for posting was to show that well
built professional lenses can be easily damaged, too. Did I say the
whole thing was my fault for being careless.


--
PeterN

[Wolfgang Weisselberg]

PeterN <peter.n...@verizon.net> wrote:

> I dropped my 70-200, which is a solid lens. No glass broke, but it was a
> $450 repair at Nikon.

Well, with Nikon you're only allowed to drop wide-angle lenses,
for dropping tele lenses you need to buy Canon. :->

-Wolfgang