I will repeat what I mentioned in my original post:
I dropped my R'35 some *twenty feet* onto a rooftop. This was, for
anyone familiar with the town, a little wooden walkway that runs
along a cliff face towards the back of the town of Berchtesgaden in
southern Germany.
I was carrying it in a motorcycle helmet when it .... Rolle'd out -
hit the walkway floor and went over the edge. I then watched it
strike the roof of a house below (about 20 feet), it bounced several
times, and then fell another considerable drop of several feet onto
the flat roof of a garage or porch.
Recovering it was quite interesting (the elderly lady that answered
the door had obviously been enjoying her afternoon ration of
Salzberger Pils or something). But recover it I did, and was amazed
to find it in one piece, a dent on the top case plate corner. I was
also amazed to find that it worked. And work it did.. for another
*ten years plus*.
Not suggesting a well-made plastic P&S might not have done the
same.. but I doubt that many would. SOME plastics are very tough
indeed. This was covered quite thoroughly in a previous discussion
on the subject. But plastics very greatly in their charactaristics.
Some will shatter like glass, and everything in between. Without
testing one, there is no way to say what any particular plastic P&S
can take.
Lee
----Original Message Follows----
From: "John Cwiklinski" <plinkochips@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [OM] "poor-quality" plastic cameras
William wrote:
<<
I invite any reader to try the same thing with a Nikon F, Olympus
OM, etc, and let us know what happens. (No? If metal cameras are so
rugged, why are you afraid of dropping one 3' onto an asphalt
surface?) Plastic withstands all sorts of abuse that would severely
damage a metal-bodied camera.
<<
And to remind that impact is not the only torture a camera should
survive, the famous photo crash test:
http://brashear.phys.appstate.edu/lhawkins/photo/crash-test.txt
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Winsor Crosby
Long Beach, California
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