How high can a 1D body be dropped?

Kanye didn't smash the camera, it was his bodyguard or whoever that was.

Yeah, but he followed suit with whatever the other thing was.

SlowBlink wrote in post #6301654
If that was my camera I'd bust a cat in his a**. I'd get all west side on em, know what I'm sayin?

A cat huh? Youd probably be better off with a cap Get more done that way.

Nah wut Im zayin'?




I feel stupider just typing like that

kanye spiked the flash.

god, **** that i'd throw his voicebox.

JasonRussell wrote in post #6301776
A cat huh? Youd probably be better off with a cap Get more done that way.

Nah wut Im zayin'?




I feel stupider just typing like that

Personally, I'd rather bust a cat in his a$$, it would be more alarming to him

That was a 40D in the video. My 1DmkII has fallen down 5 stairs however the video shows more then a dropp, it is thrown at the ground!

JCH77Yanks wrote in post #6301753
Yeah, but he followed suit with whatever the other thing was.

A speedlight

jr_senator wrote in post #6301208
As far as any of my cameras a drop of over 1.5mm onto anything other than a large overstuffed pillow would be unacceptable.

1.5mm? Where did you come up with this? So as long as it's under 1.5mm I can drop it on anything... broken glass, puddle of paint, asphalt... but as soon as it's more than 1.5 millimeters, then all bets are off? lol

DDWD10 wrote in post #6302926
Personally, I'd rather bust a cat in his a$$, it would be more alarming to him

Absolutely....a very big cat...perhaps one borrowed from Sigfried and Roy.

Skipped all the replies before mine.

I think there's a difference between a 1D getting dropped, and 1D getting thrown to the ground...

now knowing its 1.5mm off the ground.. and dropped!
we can work out how fast it fell and how much force
it hit the ground with!

hehe jks.. i cbf

camo

Kanye is a punk for doing that
a plain punk

anyways, since I never owned a mark 3, I would have no idea how well its built. Assumming its built very solidly it probably can with stand SMALL impacts like bumps and nicks. BUT when you're gunna drop a camera, that can be very tricky. (from my AP physics course) It all depends on the angle of impact, the materials of impact (floor and the strengths of the internals of the camera), and the pressure it has on the part of the camera from the impact when impact is received. If these numbers are high then you might have to buy a new mark 3, if these numbers and conditions are low then u might be lucky with a scuff or dent.

Kayne is an idiot, he thinks he something special when realisticly he is not even that good of a singer, the guy needs a good ass whooping.

I think that camera is fubar that guy threw that so hard there is no way that will ever work again.

After that whole "GWB hates black people" schpeal he threw a few years ago when katrina hit, ive always thought he was a bit on the lame and ridiculous side. This further supports my theory...

And theres no way in hell that camera survived...

spitfirejd wrote in post #6301188
Put it this way, I repair SLRs at Canon and if a camera comes into the refurb section with any kind of impact damage, we immediately scrap it. If it belongs to an end user, then we have no choice but to fix it, but even if it leaves Canon in working order, it could have more problems related to the drop at anytime in the future. One "problem" is that Canon only uses lead-free solder, which is very environmentally friendly, and the law in many countries, but it is also much more brittle than solder with lead in it. An impact can crack a solder joint that may fail in the future. Changes in temperature and humidity can create intermittent problems that would be nearly impossible to diagnose and repair. Since I started working at Canon, I always keep my camera strap around my neck. You wouldn't believe some of the damage we see every day.

So if this photographer brought in his camera with visible damage all over the place, you guys would still attempt to fix it? Is there a point at which the repair bill is more than the cost of replacing the unit that you guys just tell the customer to forget it?

NSWESP wrote in post #6302931
That was a 40D in the video. My 1DmkII has fallen down 5 stairs however the video shows more then a dropp, it is thrown at the ground!

I couldn't exactly tell what kind of body it was, but it looked like it had a built in grip. Are you pretty sure it's a 40D?

NSWESP wrote in post #6302945
A speedlight

Again, how can you tell what the thing is? I watched the video a few times and couldn't make it out. I'm going to guess the flash is toast too though, but I'd imagine it could take a fall better than a camera.