Re: The D3 Is Indestructible! Don't Try This At Home!

Scott in Florida wrote:

>> A Canon could never withstand this level of abuse and keep shooting.
>> God, you gotta love the indestructible D3!!!!
>>
>> <http://www.robgalbraith.com/bins/content_page.asp?cid=7-9308-9335>
>
> My lowly Canon 5D survived a drop from the roof of my car to a
> concrete turn out on the Blue Ridge Parkway a couple of years ago....

Must have been pure luck.

> I doubt the D3 would have survived.....

Hard to say.  I wouldn't want to personally test it.  I e-mailed that fool

and told him to see if he can pound nails with it.

> Yes I was lucky that it hit at the right angle and yes I was stupid
> to put the camera on the roof while reaching for the tripod...but it
> did survive.

Glad it survived.




Rita