anyone know of a camera that can with stand drops?

do you know of a camera that can take drops every so often. im looking for
somthing quite durable.


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"James" wrote in message
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do you know of a camera that can take drops every so often. im looking for
somthing quite durable.


Any old Nikon. Both my F301 and FM2 have survived 15 foot drops onto
concrete with only minor damage. My F90 has only been dropped from 4 foot
before but that also was fine. Lens was a bit buggered though.

Thomas wrote:

"James" wrote in message
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do you know of a camera that can take drops every so often. im looking for
somthing quite durable.

Any old Nikon. Both my F301 and FM2 have survived 15 foot drops onto
concrete with only minor damage. My F90 has only been dropped from 4 foot
before but that also was fine. Lens was a bit buggered though.

That depends. If the camera has a lens fitted and takes the impact on
the front of the lens, sometimes the shock will transfer into the body
and bend things.

Parts replaced:

Camera:

Front plate
Grip rubber
Lower rubber
c/f rubber
Small parts
Rear casting

Lens:

Lens bayonet
Small parts (rollers)

The lens was OK, except for the bayonet -- the camera took the impact!
If the camera had fallen on its back it would have been fine.

Andrew.

Thomas wrote:

"James" wrote in message
...
do you know of a camera that can take drops every so often. im looking for
somthing quite durable.

Any old Nikon. Both my F301 and FM2 have survived 15 foot drops onto
concrete with only minor damage. My F90 has only been dropped from 4 foot
before but that also was fine. Lens was a bit buggered though.

That depends. If the camera has a lens fitted and takes the impact on
the front of the lens, sometimes the shock will transfer into the body
and bend things.

Parts replaced:

Camera:

Front plate
Grip rubber
Lower rubber
c/f rubber
Small parts
Rear casting

Lens:

Lens bayonet
Small parts (rollers)

The lens was OK, except for the bayonet -- the camera took the impact!
If the camera had fallen on its back it would have been fine.

Andrew.

"James" wrote in message
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do you know of a camera that can take drops every so often. im looking for
somthing quite durable.

F1, F2, and F3 which are all metal. My F3 with MD4 survived a drop from
waist level to concrete. The only damage was a very small chip in the paint
of the MD4.
Jim

James wrote:

do you know of a camera that can take drops every so often. im looking for
somthing quite durable.

Pro-level Nikons, especially film ones. My old SLR survived a 1.5-story drop
onto pavement -- I picked it up and kept right on shooting. You can smack
them into rocks, use them as defensive weapons, etc.

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Jeremy |

"James" wrote in message
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do you know of a camera that can take drops every so often. im looking for
somthing quite durable.

My 1953-vintage Argus C-3 "brick" (see the top pic at
http://www.kyphoto.com/classics/argus.html)

Pretty f'n near indestructable. Pretty easy to repair/mod/tweak, too.

http://www.panbo.com/yae/archives/000489.html


This should work for you

Wayne

"Matt Ion" wrote in message
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"James" wrote in message
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do you know of a camera that can take drops every so often. im looking
for
somthing quite durable.

My 1953-vintage Argus C-3 "brick" (see the top pic at
http://www.kyphoto.com/classics/argus.html)

Pretty f'n near indestructable. Pretty easy to repair/mod/tweak, too.

thats awsome but its not out yet it doesn't seem.



"wayne" wrote in message
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http://www.panbo.com/yae/archives/000489.html


This should work for you

Wayne

"Matt Ion" wrote in message
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"James" wrote in message
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do you know of a camera that can take drops every so often. im looking
for
somthing quite durable.

My 1953-vintage Argus C-3 "brick" (see the top pic at
http://www.kyphoto.com/classics/argus.html)

Pretty f'n near indestructable. Pretty easy to repair/mod/tweak, too.

weird since the reviews came out in March

found this one lower quality though!

http://www.dcresource.com/reviews/casio/gv10-review/

and this Kodak

http://www.poweredmarket.com/page/ing_1766740.htm


Wayne


"James" wrote in message
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thats awsome but its not out yet it doesn't seem.



"wayne" wrote in message
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http://www.panbo.com/yae/archives/000489.html


This should work for you

Wayne

"Matt Ion" wrote in message
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"James" wrote in message
...
do you know of a camera that can take drops every so often. im looking
for
somthing quite durable.

My 1953-vintage Argus C-3 "brick" (see the top pic at
http://www.kyphoto.com/classics/argus.html)

Pretty f'n near indestructable. Pretty easy to repair/mod/tweak, too.