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From: Neil Harrington on 13 Mar 2010 19:34 "Savageduck" <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote in message news:2010031222324911272-savageduck1(a)REMOVESPAMmecom... > On 2010-03-12 20:15:03 -0800, "David J. Littleboy" <davidjl(a)gol.com> said: > >> >> You all are forgetting the important issue: ruggedness. This is an area >> that >> all metal cameras are incredibly poor at. A plastic shell over a metal >> frame >> (the basic design of all dSLRs) is way superior to metal over metal >> (Nikon >> F, Olympus OM, Hasselblad 500 series) because it absorbs shocks instead >> of >> transmitting them, and recovers instead of denting. > > ...and sometimes when metal impacts metal this is the result; > http://homepage.mac.com/lco/filechute/Ichinse-01cw.jpg Do that with your Kimber? ;-) Exit hole looks about the right size.
From: Savageduck on 13 Mar 2010 22:29 On 2010-03-13 16:34:28 -0800, "Neil Harrington" <never(a)home.com> said: > > "Savageduck" <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote in message > news:2010031222324911272-savageduck1(a)REMOVESPAMmecom... >> On 2010-03-12 20:15:03 -0800, "David J. Littleboy" <davidjl(a)gol.com> said: >> > >>> >>> You all are forgetting the important issue: ruggedness. This is an area >>> that >>> all metal cameras are incredibly poor at. A plastic shell over a metal >>> frame >>> (the basic design of all dSLRs) is way superior to metal over metal >>> (Nikon >>> F, Olympus OM, Hasselblad 500 series) because it absorbs shocks instead >>> of >>> transmitting them, and recovers instead of denting. >> >> ...and sometimes when metal impacts metal this is the result; >> http://homepage.mac.com/lco/filechute/Ichinse-01cw.jpg > > Do that with your Kimber? ;-) > > Exit hole looks about the right size. Nope. That was an AK-47 round. The camera belonged to Japanese UPI photographer Taizo Ichinose. It was recovered after he disappeared in Cambodia in 1973. It is believed he was shot by the Khymer Rouge. A fair amount of his property was recovered and is now in a family shrine in Japan. -- Regards, Savageduck
From: Savageduck on 13 Mar 2010 22:51
On 2010-03-13 19:29:27 -0800, Savageduck <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> said: > On 2010-03-13 16:34:28 -0800, "Neil Harrington" <never(a)home.com> said: > >> >> "Savageduck" <savageduck1@{REMOVESPAM}me.com> wrote in message >> news:2010031222324911272-savageduck1(a)REMOVESPAMmecom... >>> On 2010-03-12 20:15:03 -0800, "David J. Littleboy" <davidjl(a)gol.com> said: >>> >> >>>> >>>> You all are forgetting the important issue: ruggedness. This is an area >>>> that >>>> all metal cameras are incredibly poor at. A plastic shell over a metal >>>> frame >>>> (the basic design of all dSLRs) is way superior to metal over metal >>>> (Nikon >>>> F, Olympus OM, Hasselblad 500 series) because it absorbs shocks instead >>>> of >>>> transmitting them, and recovers instead of denting. >>> >>> ...and sometimes when metal impacts metal this is the result; >>> http://homepage.mac.com/lco/filechute/Ichinse-01cw.jpg >> >> Do that with your Kimber? ;-) >> >> Exit hole looks about the right size. > > Nope. > That was an AK-47 round. The camera belonged to Japanese UPI > photographer Taizo Ichinose. It was recovered after he disappeared in > Cambodia in 1973. It is believed he was shot by the Khymer Rouge. A > fair amount of his property was recovered and is now in a family shrine > in Japan. BTW, the camera is a Nikon F. The round hit the lens and exited slightly off center. It really screwed up the mirror, and you can see that the shock blew the prism right off the frame. http://www.alao.co.jp/taizophotob/taizophoto2.jpeg -- Regards, Savageduck |