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Just How Tough Are Modern SLR's?

Jamesbuk From United Kingdom, joined May 2005, 3968 posts, RR: 5
Posted (5 years 5 months 2 weeks 4 days 4 hours ago) and read 1400 times:

Hey guys and girls,

Well the question is simple really, Just how strong and tough are modern SLR's? Does it take much to break them, like a simple drop from average eye height, would that break it?

I ask this because I'm extremely careful with my D80 , I don't hold it without having the strap around my neck or wrapped around my wrist - because I'm scared of dropping it and it breaking.

Rgds --James--

You cant have your cake and eat it... What the hells the point in having it then!!!

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Opso1 From United Kingdom, joined Jun 2005, 527 posts, RR: 1
Reply 1, posted (5 years 5 months 2 weeks 4 days 4 hours ago) and read 1393 times:

My CANON EOS 30D has been subjected to 6 G and bounced around the cockpit- still works perfect. I've got rubber armour on it to protect it.

OPSO1

INNflight From Austria, joined Apr 2004, 3765 posts, RR: 62
Reply 2, posted (5 years 5 months 2 weeks 4 days 3 hours ago) and read 1386 times:

I almost never use the neck strap of my 1DmkIII, just hold it in the hand. It's really built like a tank, I can also just throw her into the trunk and drive to the airport without photo backpack if I'm in a hurry.

Never dropped it from eye height tho... guess that's not recommendable for any camera.

Jet Visuals

Clickhappy From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 9444 posts, RR: 72
Reply 3, posted (5 years 5 months 2 weeks 4 days 3 hours ago) and read 1375 times:

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PHOTO SCREENER

about this tough eyepopping

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ThierryD From Luxembourg, joined Dec 2005, 2021 posts, RR: 52
Reply 4, posted (5 years 5 months 2 weeks 4 days 2 hours ago) and read 1352 times:

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HEAD SUPPORT

Dropped my backpack with the D200 inside once from eyes height; as the Sigma 50-500mm was attached to the body it had quite some weight. Endresult: a crack in the camera body near the little display --> 150 Euro repair. Sad

So even if those cameras are pretty tough I would strongly recommend treating them carefully.

Thierry

"Go ahead...make my day"

TransIsland From Bahamas, joined Mar 2004, 2031 posts, RR: 11
Reply 5, posted (5 years 5 months 2 weeks 4 days 2 hours ago) and read 1336 times:

My Pentax K10D (protected by a Quantaray Pro backpack) recently survived a motorcycle accident. Some bystander was kind enough to return the backpack to me in the ambulance, as the straps had ripped off sometime during the impact/flight/landing phase... The only thing in that bag that did get damaged were my sunglasses, which were in one of the front pockets.

I'm an aviation expert. I have Sky Juice for breakfast.

Whappeh From United States of America, joined Mar 2006, 1560 posts, RR: 2
Reply 6, posted (5 years 5 months 2 weeks 3 days 18 hours ago) and read 1254 times:

Quoting Opso1 (Reply 1):
I've got rubber armour on it to protect it.

Camera Armor stuff? I see advertisements for it all the time, I've always pondered buying some for my camera, since I know one day something is bound to happen... I've been fortunate so far that I every time I've slipped on rocks or while running to get a shot, I've managed to use my body to protect my camera, but that is going to run out eventually.

-Travel now, journey infinitely.

N243NW From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 1491 posts, RR: 21
Reply 7, posted (5 years 5 months 2 weeks 3 days 16 hours ago) and read 1229 times:

Quoting Clickhappy (Reply 3):
about this tough

Wow...makes a grown man want to cry...

tombstone

-N243NW

TCAS SYSTEM TEST OKAY.

Fergulmcc From Ireland, joined Oct 2004, 1916 posts, RR: 54
Reply 8, posted (5 years 5 months 2 weeks 3 days 15 hours ago) and read 1218 times:

Quoting INNflight (Reply 2):
I almost never use the neck strap of my 1DmkIII

Yeah I took mine off too, they can be really anoying. Put them back on again when doing weddings, only time they are handy carying around a few camera's.

Take care

Fergul sun

Zambian Airways, Where the Eagles fly free!!

Chris78cpr From United Kingdom, joined Feb 2004, 2813 posts, RR: 52
Reply 9, posted (5 years 5 months 2 weeks 3 days 7 hours ago) and read 1172 times:

Anyone who knows me and has photographed with me has seen the state of my 1dmkii. It's not exactly LNIB! lol

I figure these are built to last with pro's so i don't baby my camera too much. I have both straps on it but it just gets thrown in the bag, over my shoulder, on the floor, in the car, etc. It's built to last so im not too worried about it.

A 40d or D200 or something i would be more worried about. But most are pretty durable.

Chris

5D2/7D/1D2(soon to be a 1Dx) 17-40L/24-105L/70-200F2.8L/100-400L/24F1.4LII/50F1.2L/85F1.2LII

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