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Re: [OM] Reasons *not* to drop your Oly; was: most durable cameradiscus

Subject: Re: [OM] Reasons *not* to drop your Oly; was: most durable cameradiscussion,...
From: Denton Taylor <denton@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 17:43:38 -0400
>
>    Years ago I saw in a story about the Leica Museum, a picture of a 
>Leicaflex SL that had been ripped by the wind from the hands of a 
>photographer who had to eject from a military jet flying over 20,000 feet 
>high. The camera fell into the desert and was later found by some hikers who 
>took the camera to a camera store nearby. While the camera did not function, 
>it was intact - the camera store owner removed the film from the camera, 
>processed it, and was able to determine from the photos who the camera 
>belonged to.
>     The photographer sent the camera to Leica who determined that it was 
>repairable...however, they gave the photographer a new Leica so they could 
>put that one in their museum.
>      Strong cameras, those SL's :)

I've seen that same image. I think Leica used it in their advertising...

No doubt many of the scientists on the list will confirm what I am about to
say, but in much more concrete scientific terms...

A falling object can only fall so fast, irrespective of the height from which
it falls. Therefore, IMHO, a camera dropped from say five feet onto concrete,
may actually incur higher g-forces than a camera dropped from 20,000 feet into
soft sand.

Since we have a number of pilots on the list, maybe we can do a more scientific
test. Ken Norton will drop his F5, I'll drop my Contax Aria, and I know we have
a few Leica M owners. :-)



________________________________
Regards,
Denton Taylor

Photogallery at www.dentontaylor.com.
Panoramas and Immersive Imaging at
        www.threehundredsixty.com


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