At 01:08 8/6/01, Dr Peter Gilbert wrote:
[snip]
Which raises the question - what the heck do pro photogs do to their
cameras that get them into such a terrible state? Roll them down stairs?
Twenty minutes a day in a cement mixer with some rocks? You've just gotta
wonder......
I do many things to protect my bodies and lenses. They still see use
though. I also know a several pro photogs, been with them while they
worked, and understand how their bodies and lenses end up brassed with
minor dings. Film usage is measured at a burn rate in tens of frames per
hour. Body cases, lens cases and lens caps get in the way, impede working
quickly and are dispatched to a box somewhere on a shelf, if not into the
dust bin.
I've infrequently done work at these same film burn rates. When I do, it's
without case, cap, and sometimes the strap (all have quick releases). What
does go on is a lens hood (for shorter lenses without the built-in
hood). This has saved a lens or filter ring from a ding more than
once. During times of high film usage at 35 to 70 frames per hour, not
getting bogged down with anything becomes very importance.
-- John
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