On Jan 26, 2008, at 1:32 PM, Mark Roberts wrote: >> The E-1 was built like a friggin' tank, people. I don't know >> about other >> brands (their tech reps never tried similar demonstrations), but I >> had full >> confidence in the E-1's ability to survive just about anything. > > I forget where this came from, but it's a photo of an ist-D that came > off the roof of someone's car (oops!0 at speed. The lens was trashed > but the camera worked perfectly (though it did get a new base plate > later). > > http://www.robertstech.com/temp/ist-Dcrash.jpg
Sitting in a cafe waiting for my flight ... had to send a few "rejiggered flights" notices out so. Amazing how much of a pain it has been to get a flight itinerary that worked on short notice. thanks for all the notes and thoughts, btw. I'l be wrapping them all together in a small memorial book after this week is over. :-) ---- It's amazing what survives a big pounding. But I agree with John ... the E-1 is built like a tank, FAR more rugged than any of the Pentax DSLRs as far as I can make out and in line with other pro-class bodies like the Nikon D1/D2/D3 and Canon 1D, etc. I nearly bought one instead of the Pentax in 2004. In a way I'm glad I didn't because I would never have found out about the Pentax Limited lenses. That said, I'm really glad I have it now: it's simply a great camera to work with. Oly's lenses are excellent too, although I wish they had a couple more short, fast primes in the lens line. A 20mm f/2 would be ideal for my stuff. I want a Pentax model of similar build and quality spec to do justice to my favorite Pentax lenses! Godfrey -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
