Canon vs. Nikon Durability

[Chip Chipowski]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dP-dCrqCDFw

[Hugh_3170]

There are some really very strange people out there!

Sadly, the items that they tested would have been nice in someones collections or in the hands of a photography student shooting film assignments.

[Akira]

Chip, thanks for shating.  This is the easiest and the quickest way I have ever known to this day to remove the strap from a camera, regardless of the brand.

[bjornthun]

So much carnage and mayhem.     

[RBSinTo]

As soon as I watched this, I checked out my SLR camera bag to make sure these idiots hadn't stolen my FA body to make their stupid video.
It would have been far more useful if he had placed his testicles on the base plate instead of perfectly good film gear.
Robert

[Hugh_3170]

Very well said Robert.

I grew up in a relatively poor farming community, and much old farm equipment was modified and repurposed over the years - some still in action after 70 years or more since new.  In some cases the addition of hydraulic rams to replace mechanical lifts etc was all that was done;  in some cases even electronic devices for seeding and counting get added in.  Just because something is old or imagined to be out of date, there is no reason to trash it - especially if a few modifications can lift its efficiency or effectiveness.  Besides photography students (well here in Melbourne at least) still do some film work as part of their courses and they are always on the lookout for usable film cameras.

As soon as I watched this, I checked out my SLR camera bag to make sure these idiots hadn't stolen my FA body to make their stupid video.
It would have been far more useful if he had placed his testicles on the base plate instead of perfectly good film gear.
Robert

[elsa hoffmann]

IN South Africa too the photography students still mostly use film cameras. The schools are very slow in switching over - probably due to cost and then factor if you are buying Photoshop - it is a costly affair - hence the situation I think

[bjornthun]

Film and development is costly too, and could easily eclipse a PS subscription in cost. Old digital cameras like the Nikon D700, Canon 5D or the not so old Sony A7 can be found cheaply these days, so film is likely the most costly alternative for students now. Lots of old lenses can be used on these cameras, and the stock Sony A7 will take anything but rangefinder wide angles, even lenses from before World War II.

Developing film has a negative environmental footprint, so I think of film cameras mostly as collectors items. If not they can be recycled and digital cameras can be re-used. APS-C/DX digital system cameras aren't that expensive in the used market.

[the solitaire]

Developing B&W film at least can be done using coffee reducing the environmental footprint

[dslater]

There are some really very strange people out there!

Sadly, the items that they tested would have been nice in someones collections or in the hands of a photography student shooting film assignments.

I think what you mean is there are some really big a#%$#%&s out there. Maybe they should test the durability of their skulls next.

[Hugh_3170]

I most certainly would not disagree with you on this matter! 

I think what you mean is there are some really big a#%$#%&s out there. Maybe they should test the durability of their skulls next.