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

"Rita Berkowitz" <ritaberk2...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> A Canon could never withstand this level of abuse and keep shooting.

Only if you're so naive that you don't realize how incredibly easy it
is to fabricate an impressively looking - but technically meaningless
- test.


Just from the most casual of observations:

1) Seals designed to be rainproof will of course be sufficient for a 2
minute exposure to apple sauce.  And even if they're not, the fact
that the shutter is able to trigger doesn't prove that the camera is
doing anything (like...still taking a proper exposure, or an in-focus
picture).  Without any before/after photos or displays of the
viewfinders or LCD screen, the test has proved utterly nothing more
than that it didn't have a catastrophic  electrical short
circuit...you're in a complete "Trust Me" mode of the claims.

2) The camera angle used obscured the actual drop height.  Gosh, no
"clickity-clickity-click" this time to prove the shutter could still
trigger...I wonder why?  And again, without any before/after photos or
images of displays, you're in a "Trust Me" mode regarding the claims.

3) For the scratch test, he never showed that the roof of his matchbox
was unscratched before he started.  He then very obviously worked it a
lot harder (longer and with more force) than either of the two short
and gentle "unscratched" samples that followed. This one's a classic
"arm punching" contest.


You're free to disagree, but from my own test & evalution Engineering
experience, I know firsthand how to cheat and how easy it can be to
pervert a test until nearly anything can be made to pass.


>=A0God, you gotta love the indestructible D3!!!!

To really demonstrate ruggedness/shock resistance, instead of some
lame contrived 'demo' from some teen on YouTube, when you have test
data performed by an independent lab in accordance with ASTM D3332,
ASTM D5487, ASTM E1169 or many other similar existing industry
standards.

When you have something of that level, let me know.  Until then,
you're just affirming that you're a naive, foolish and ignorant
fanboi.

BTW, one standard drop test is in MIL-STD-810, which consists of a
*sequence* of drops done at different orientations, classically at a
height of 5ft (or 7ft) onto a surface of steel backed by concrete.
As a general rule of thumb, anything with optics has a tough time
passing the drop that's done in the "glass down" orientation.

But do feel free to take your cameras out and drop it IAW 810 with the
lens oriented down to show us the results :-)


-hh