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Re: [OM] Re: Strappage (No OM content)

Subject: Re: [OM] Re: Strappage (No OM content)
From: "Dirk Wright" <wright@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2000 08:29:31 EDT
>Anyway, this was on a Friday morning. He took the wounded rig (he 
owned
>his own gear unlike many I ran into this past weekend) to Canon's
>service center where they proceded to repair the lens and converter
>(yes, both of them were screwed up) on the spot for some princely
>sum...(as in close to $400.00) but deemed the EOS 1N body destroyed. 
The
>bright side is he was back at the track shooting with the lens that
>afternoon, but the body now sits on a closet shelf as a very expensive
>paperweight. Apparently, despite not having an external mark or 
scratch
>on it, the body suffered a bent chassis and is not repairable and is
>basically worthless. "War stories" of equipment destruction became a 
hot
>topic...along with insurance.
>

Damn! that's insane!

Be seeing you.


Dirk Wright

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