I have heard others talk about a specific guy that actually did that. He was
VERY hard on equipment when he paid for it himself, then all Nikon, but now
that he's a Canon endorser, he babies his stuff. A camera store owner once
told me of going to a presentation by EPOI, the Nikon importer, and some
salesman put an F with a standard prism on the floor in a hotel meeting
room, and stood on top of it. Not only did it show good sense of balance,
but the camera was undamaged. I stand by my opinion that Hasselblads AND
OM's have an undeserved reputation for being failure prone. I do know that
in the days of shooting weddings on 'blads, there were a lot of problems
with cameras due to incompetent operators. I can't imagine that there
weren't equal problems with Mamiyas under the same conditions.
-----Original Message-----
From: Ken Norton
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2012 2:10 PM
To: Olympus Camera Discussion
Subject: Re: [OM] Re MF VS 35
Along the same vein, where did this reputation of "hammering nails" ever
come from? Weight and size do not necessarily mean indestructable. Drop one
and chances are something is going to be needing fixing. Half of those big
dents in the bodies are the result of banging against other heavy cameras.
Lighter cameras may dent, but whan punded by other light cameras will
result in the same impact damage as the heavier gear.
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