Exposed some more brass on my old Canon F1 today...

[Brian Moore]

...when I dropped it onto the asphalt at the Orange County Fair in Costa Mesa, California.

It was a sickening clatter that greeted my ears and I swear my brain recorded in slow motion the image of the camera descending earthward when it's strap slipped off my shoulder. (Funny it should have slipped from it's perch, since that particular shoulder is the one with the abnormally high collar bone/strap retainer, the legacy of a memorable cycling incident some years ago.)

I admit this is not the first time I have dropped my old F1 but it is the first time I have done so in at least 15 years and it gave me pause to reflect.

As I dusted it off and fired a few test shots I thought how glad I was that it hadn't been my 7D I dropped. Or any other modern camera, wrapped so heavily in plastic as they are.

I think my old heavy metal F1 took as much out of the asphalt as the asphalt did of it. I'll find out tomorrow what the post-fall pics look like. For now,...I can admire the shiny new bit of brass that has been revealed to me.

(I like metal cameras.)

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Dropping a camera always happens in slow-mo - I think it's an unwritten law of physics!

Hope it's ok, and that the fairgrounds weren't badly damaged

What's on at the fairgrounds any way?

 

[Brian Moore]

As usual the Fair was a load of rubbish, Chris. Fried Butter on a stick, funnel cakes the size of cowpies, 10 dollar hamburgers, heavy set people in spandex, tattoos up the ying yang, etc. However, the woodworking exhibit had some excellent works of art as did the photography display so all is forgiven.

 

[Chris Dodkin]

Ah, much like the SD fair then!

 

[Brian Moore]

That's it exactly Chris!

You name it, they deep fry it. (They must be Scottish!)