> interesting story! Back at about that same time I went into Central > London > with a friend. He too had a whole bunch of Nikons and lenses & stuuf, > and I > too had just an MX and 1 lens and a flash. We were setting up to take > some > pictures in Parliament Sq and I was putting my MX onto a tripod when I > noticed it lurch forward and fall to the pavement. It survived the fall > and > has retained the ding in the pentaprism cover, but no other ill > effects. But > that's what taught me always to use a strap.
I learnt two lessons that day. Despite the mishap, I did buy a strap - I also acquired something else he had and I didn't - insurance. I've also taken the strap off before putting a camera on to a tripod, something I feel I should not do in future reading the above! Malcolm -- 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.
