Ian Leake
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I have a few public thank yous to say after a near disaster this weekend.
Navigating across a beach in Dorset I stepped on a rock that was more slippery than it looked and suddenly ended up flat on my back with my bum two feet below where my feet had been! My Ebony 10x8, which had been folded up on a tripod over my shoulder, was somewhere in the rocks behind me And Id heard the smashing sound when it hit the granite
Although at first glance it seemed like a write-off (with more exotic movements than an eBay advert), much to my surprise and relief the only significant damage was a couple of ounces of wood shaved off several edges and a bent titanium bracket (which was easily bent back again). Even the ground glass was unbroken! Im certain that my old Deardorff would have been just so much matchwood, and any of the various MF cameras Ive owned would likewise have been history.
So my first thank you is to Sakanashi-san for designing a bombproof camera. My second is to Manfrotto for their 400 head whose quick release plate didnt unlock even though a lesser one would have failed. And my third is to Baxter Bradford who kindly lent me some string to tie the sole of my boot back on so I could limp the mile or so back to base
Hopefully the photos will be worth the pain
Navigating across a beach in Dorset I stepped on a rock that was more slippery than it looked and suddenly ended up flat on my back with my bum two feet below where my feet had been! My Ebony 10x8, which had been folded up on a tripod over my shoulder, was somewhere in the rocks behind me And Id heard the smashing sound when it hit the granite
Although at first glance it seemed like a write-off (with more exotic movements than an eBay advert), much to my surprise and relief the only significant damage was a couple of ounces of wood shaved off several edges and a bent titanium bracket (which was easily bent back again). Even the ground glass was unbroken! Im certain that my old Deardorff would have been just so much matchwood, and any of the various MF cameras Ive owned would likewise have been history.
So my first thank you is to Sakanashi-san for designing a bombproof camera. My second is to Manfrotto for their 400 head whose quick release plate didnt unlock even though a lesser one would have failed. And my third is to Baxter Bradford who kindly lent me some string to tie the sole of my boot back on so I could limp the mile or so back to base
Hopefully the photos will be worth the pain
