D750 -CRASH- and subsequent testing.

On Tue, 9 Aug 2016 16:34:12 -0700 (PDT), RichA
wrote:

On Tuesday, 12 July 2016 23:31:23 UTC-4, Eric Stevens wrote:
A few months ago I had a fall while carrying my camera. I came down
hard but the camera which I was carrying came down even harder on
concrete. It was a hell of an whack. I think the Manfrotto tripod shoe
on the bottom took the bulk of the impact. RichA will no doubt be
disappointed to learn that all those fancy carbon-fibre parts on the
body of the camera remained intact as did the magnesium metal frame.

How hard could the impact have been if the camera sustained no damage, not even a dent or ding? I dropped a specialized tripod the other day onto hardwood. The head of the tripod which was held in-place with 3 small allen-head set-screws rotated slightly to the point where the allen screw channels (in aluminum) were bent sideways, ruining the threading so I have to re-tap the holes and put in slightly larger screws to fix the problem. The tripod weighs about 20lbs.

The camera was in my hand which I shot out to try and break the fall.
I remeber the sensation: the tripod shoe crunching grit as I came
down. As I said, it was a hell of a whack.
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Regards,

Eric Stevens