What is pitbull toughest 35mm camera type?

actually, just watched this a little while ago, this guy crushed, trampled, scorched, drenched a pair of canon and nikons to see which could last better. (the bit about using the lens to hammer a nail is painful to watch).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1tTBncIsm8

the initial bit is a little silly but it gets serious enough...
 
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Fawley said:
I think Australian photographers as a breed must be crazy and determined.:)
In addition to this guy Keith is talking about, there was Frank Hurley who spent 2 winters marooned in the Antarctic with the Shackleton expedition of 1914. This guy worked in truly primitive conditions (living under overturned boats and heating with seal blubber) and yet he brought back truly fantastic pictures using a Kodak pocket camera; so I guess leaf shutters hold up. In spite of this, I would have to go with simple, mechanical SLR's. I think the Pentax Spotmatics are virtually indestructible.
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Well, I have a lens with a Kodak ball bearing shutter that has never had CLA and it's nearly 100 years old! and the speeds all work accurately, the aperture diaphragm is good too.
 
Canon FTb or F1. Solid brass & steel. Get the early SSC breech mount lenses and you'll have a kit that can stand up to anything that won't do in the photographer as well.
 
A key reason I am interested in a Nikon SLR is the interchangeable diopters for the eyepiece. I just ebayed "Nikon FM diopter" and found the appropriate one for my right eye, for only $15 to boot ....
 
Nikonos. Without any doubt, Nikonos.

And yes, smartasses, I have broken a Nikkormat. :p
 
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I have had too much issues with F3s electronics to find it reliable, but after the first nikonos series (up to III) that is, IMHO in another league for toughness , I would guess F, F2, nikkormats would be my choice. Maybe some high end SLRs can be tough too (Leica SL? Canon F1? etc.)
 
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