“Leica M9 Falls Off Balcony and Breaks… the Ground”

[dreamsandart]

This headline of course caught my eye. I once had someone comment that my Leica could be used as a weapon, now I can add 'demolition equipment’ to its resumé :bang:

“Leica M9 Falls Off Balcony and Breaks… the Ground”

links:

http://petapixel.com/2015/08/18/leica-m9-falls-off-balcony-and-breaks-the-ground/

 

[f16sunshine]

Looks like the Summilux 1.4/35 FLE (Floating Lens element).
If it had fallen in the pool that floating element would have kept it afloat 😱

Anyway.... I'll move along 😛

 

[Huss]

Best comment from that thread:

"Looks like Leica does indeed have some ground breaking camera technology!"

 

[uhoh7]

It really is a brick. 🙂

But I think the hood, the thick half case, and hitting the edge of that tile helped.

 

[dreamsandart]

Looks like the Summilux 1.4/35 FLE (Floating Lens element).
If it had fallen in the pool that floating element would have kept it afloat 😱

Anyway.... I'll move along 😛

Maybe, but if this had been an M6 with that FLE lens, and the combo hits the pool, probably wouldn’t have help anyway, ‘deep 6ed.’ 😉

 

[dreamsandart]

Best comment from that thread:

"Looks like Leica does indeed have some ground breaking camera technology!"

But they failed in the Leica Driving Competition with missing the pool completely! 😕

 

[dreamsandart]

It really is a brick. 🙂

But I think the hood, the thick half case, and hitting the edge of that tile helped.

Some might say with the sensor problems, the M9 could really be a ‘brick.’ 😱

 

[uhoh7]

Some might say with the sensor problems, the M9 could really be a ‘brick.’ 😱

Oh no, it just means free service for life. 🙂

 

[Pherdinand]

energy and impulse is conserved. By breaking off that piece of stone, most of the impulse was "lost" by the camera i.e. taken over by the ledge to break the rock instead of the camera.
Hehe.

Anyway
The painful part is, probably that damn toasted lens hood costs more than a whole new Bessa 😀

 

[JP Owens]

The "toughest" Leica ever built had to be the SL2, though. An SL2 MOT with an attached motor and 35mm Summicron fell five miles from a Phantom II jet into the desert. It was later found, battered but physically intact, and according to Leica, repairable (but they put it in the Leica museum instead). They located the photographer by developing the film from the still light tight body. Always makes me think of the movie "Terminal Velocity" for some reason.

Take that, whoosie M9!

 

[johannielscom]

Impressive, eh? It’d be interesting to know how other cameras on the market would fare in a similar fall, but unfortunately camera reviewers generally don’t do drop tests to find out durability limits.

A Nikkormat would have struck a hole so deep, it would have made the pool run dry 😛 😛 😛

 

[oftheherd]

A Nikkormat would have struck a hole so deep, it would have made the pool run dry 😛 😛 😛

And a Kiev on landing would have morphed into a ... 😀 😀

 

[Pioneer]

Ok. Now that you know it can be done a couple of you need to take your M9s to a local Hotel and push it off a balcony on the 3rd floor.

We need more data to prove the hypothesis.

Don't forget to take lots of pictures. 😀

Just as a side note before anyone does this. I saw a lot of pictures in that article from the D-Lux...not so many from the M9...

 

[daveleo]

That crushed lens hood and sheared tile saved the camera.
Very lucky landing.

 

[hendriphile]

Now if you REALLY want to impress us.... tell us that the rangefinder was still functioning!

 

[gunston]

i have read this as well, amazing M9...
i will be holding my M9-P and 35FLE longer