Several years ago there was an article in Popular Photography about a photo journalist photographing a conflict in South America and his Nikon caught a bullet while he had the camera to his eye.but their gear must have suffered some random Loss, Breakage, Damage.?
Could you be nudged into posting a few? Nothing ghastly just daily stuff.I was an infantryman in Vietnam in 1968. Never had a photographer attached to our unit, but remember one of the guys had what was certainly a 35mm SLR film camera. He took numerous pictures. I had a Kodak Instamatic, and am still impressed by the quality of the shots
Well, firstly I'd like to point out that what you see in movies does not necessarily portray reality. Photographers - real ones - typically take very good care of their gear. I remember seeing a battlefield photo of a photographer climbing out of a foxhole after what appears to have been an artillery/mortar attack, he and his Nikon F were pretty liberally covered in mud.Anybody ever talk to photographers that were there, or know much about the Maintenance/Lifespan of the gear these Guys/Gals carried.?
I was watching a movie about Taizo, and it made me wonder.
You know the stereotypical image of a war photographer.......some guys with 2-3 F Bodies hanging off his neck.
Like this frame from The Movie
I realize movies are not documentaries, but their gear must have suffered some random Loss, Breakage, Damage.?
Did they break the glass very often, or ruin film with water damage, or deal with jammed or broken mechanisms.?
Stuff like that.
I think i am "normally" careful with my cameras. I do set them down on concrete and dirt, subject them to a Little Bit of humidity and moisture, but Nothing like what we see a war photographer do in a movie.
Probably some guys burned through more stuff than others.
It just kind of made me wonder.......
Thank You
As i said in my OP......Well, firstly I'd like to point out that what you see in movies does not necessarily portray reality.
As for putting a camera down on concrete or dirt, I woudn't do that with a wrench, leave alone a precision opto-mechanical device - unless someone was shooting at me.
1. Well you mentioned what you saw in movies, twice.As i said in my OP......
1. I realize that movies are not documentaries.
2. You would not put a Camera (or a WRENCH) down on concrete or dirt.?
Setting on camera on those surfaces will not cause any problems that i am aware of. I do it all the time. I guess i could carry a special towel.
Try it sometime, your cameras will still work fine.
Professional photographers set their cameras onto all kinds of surfaces.
I am not suggesting to intentionally roll an SLR down a Dusty/Muddy hill.
I was an infantryman in Vietnam in 1968. Never had a photographer attached to our unit, but remember one of the guys had what was certainly a 35mm SLR film camera. He took numerous pictures. I had a Kodak Instamatic, and am still impressed by the quality of the shots
I read a story about Vietnam Nikon Fs being routinely washed in a sink to get the mud out of them.
I read a story about Vietnam Nikon Fs being routinely washed in a sink to get the mud out of them.
NO, they were Nikon Fs, being serviced by a maintenance guy.No, that was the AK-47. Which caused the engineering companies to revisit their designs. This is not an invitation for every Second Amendment nut to post about guns.
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