I know. I was just speaking in general terms in regard to the merits of body armor vs. strap. Hope your hip feels better soon. Paul -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: "Bob Blakely" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > It's difficult do astrophototography with the camera's strap around the > neck. > > Reference to my initial post re: when the camera dropped, I was attempting > astrophotography and I had just removed the camera from the back of the SMCK > 1000/8, placed it on a nearby table and was about to remove the SMCK 1000/8 > from the equatorial mount and ultra mega tripod. It's hard to do this > teardown with the camera hanging around the neck. I experienced a sharp, > piercing, debilitating pain in my left hip - a leftover from my motorcycle > accident in October. When I began to fall, I automatically reached for the > table and knocked the K10D off to the concrete tripod mounting pad. > > Regards, > Bob Blakely > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------------- > "A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, > and another woman makes a fool of him in twenty minutes." > - Robert Frost > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > No, a neck strap won't keep a camera on a table, but I find when I'm using > > a neck strap, I rarely put a camera down. No need to in most situations. > > Then, when I am forced to park it somewhere, It's a very conscious > > decision. But I was being a bit facetious. I know a lot of photographers > > can't stand neck straps. I became accustomed to them early on while > > shooting motorsports with two cameras. > > Paul > > -------------- Original message ---------------------- > > From: "Bob Blakely" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> You can't have the neck strap on when it's sitting on the table. > >> > >> Regards, > >> Bob Blakely > >> > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> ------------- > >> "A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, > >> and another woman makes a fool of him in twenty minutes." > >> - Robert Frost > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Paul Stenquist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> > >> > >> >A neck strap would serve you better. > >> > > >> > On Jul 18, 2007, at 6:51 PM, Bob Blakely wrote: > >> > > >> >> Wish I'd had this Saturday night when the K10D took a dump to > >> >> concrete. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
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