Author Topic: The battle damage thread (Read 733 times)

voyager · « **on:** December 28, 2011, 03:23:30 PM »

Do your cameras have a lot of battle damage from being thrown around or hit on things? My E-P1 has so many scratches and nicks on it, I bet I will never be able to sell it.

Em5 Pete · « **Reply #1 on:** December 28, 2011, 03:27:03 PM »

Well, if you have stories to tell, how those marks got there, you are providing some history, and those marks builds character, and value !!

voyager · « **Reply #2 on:** December 28, 2011, 03:27:56 PM »

I don't even know how I got a lot of them.

shaan · « **Reply #3 on:** December 28, 2011, 07:16:06 PM »

i'm still working on a nice patina for for gf2

Jason C · « **Reply #4 on:** December 28, 2011, 07:29:08 PM »

Quote from: voyager on December 28, 2011, 03:23:30 PM

Do your cameras have a lot of battle damage from being thrown around or hit on things? My E-P1 has so many scratches and nicks on it, I bet I will never be able to sell it.

This thread coming from the man who suggested I try "Camera-Toss" photography....

Nice...

No gear-scars here, I take the HIT before my gear does!

Jason C

voyager · « **Reply #5 on:** December 28, 2011, 10:32:15 PM »

You've never tried camera toss? You hold it by the strap during a long exposure and swing it around.

You only hit stuff sometimes too.

Jason C · « **Reply #6 on:** December 29, 2011, 08:24:00 PM »

Quote from: voyager on December 28, 2011, 10:32:15 PM

You've never tried camera toss? You hold it by the strap during a long exposure and swing it around.

You only hit stuff sometimes too.

http://e-p1.net/coffee-talk/new-year-resolutions/msg65702/#msg65702

Jason C

mynameisjonas · « **Reply #7 on:** December 30, 2011, 03:30:22 PM »

My E-P3 looks exactly the same as the day I took it out f the box (well, apart from the added leatherette of course), and my E-P1 just has one tiny little scar; the Play button graphic is partially chipped off. I definitely don't baby my cameras, but I'm not reckless either. I guess the PENs are small enough to be carried on my shoulder all day long without bumping into stuff. My Nikon D90 definitely wasn't, that thing got pretty banged up, but apparently it could take it. The only things that didn't look brand new when I sold it was the lens caps and the LCD protector.

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