Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/08/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Electronics are not more damage prone then old mechanics.These days electronics are fitted to artillery rounds and missiles able to withstand hundreds even thousands of G,s no mechanics can do the same. best regards simon jessurun > At 06:16 PM 8/17/2003 -0700, you wrote: > > >The professional-grade camera will handle dropping, getting punted like a > >football, being stood on, rained on, dropped in muddy rivers, and recover > >well enough to keep making pictures. The consumer-grade camera suffers > >horribly at this abuse. Most consumers baby their cameras so the abuse > >tolerance is good enough. > > > > > >Doug Herr > >Birdman of Sacramento > >http://www.wildlightphoto.com > > Well, I'm about to take my 10D to Guatemala and I hope not to drop it in a > muddy river! I keep my M's around for tricks like that. The 10D seems to > be a very sturdy, well-built box to hold my CF cards. It has been rained > on but I am treating it a little more gingerly than I would an M because of > the electronics. I would think any camera, professional or consumer, with > as many electronics as the digital ones have, would have to be treated more > carefully. For one thing, when you change lenses, it has to be in a > non-dusty place or you'll end up with dust all over your digital > files. But that's true of all of the digital cameras. > > I decided on the 10D instead of the 1Ds because of the size. That 1Ds is a > monster of a camera. Compare these sizes: > Canon 1Ds 55.9 ounces, 6.1 x 6.2 x 3.2 > Canon 10D 30.9 ounces, 5.9 x 4.2 x 3 > Leica R9 28 ounces, 6.25 x 4 x 2.5 > > When I thought about carrying around the 1Ds with a 24-70/2.8 lens attached > (another 2.1 pounds!), my knees started to ache! > > Tina > > > Tina Manley, ASMP > www.tinamanley.com > > > http://www.pdiphotos.com > http://www.workbookstock.com > http://www.newscom.com > http://www.americanphotojournalist.com > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html