On Wed, 28 Jul 1999, Denton Taylor wrote:
<snip SL story>
>
>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
^^^^^^^^
OOh, I /like/ that title.
>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. :-)
Did you intentionally leave out the OMs? (we don't want to hurt them, do
we?) ;-)
/Acer "The Scientist formerly known as Cheeky Whippersnapper"
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