The M9 will make you taller

Wept, why? I think that's a great way to show the thing is durable... at least physically.
 
Good point, I guess I was just worried that something would go wrong and the camera would turn on it's side and... well, I guess that why my wife says I'm a worry wart!
 
1) Willoughy's sucks.

2) They found the dumbest chick on earth to be on that screen. Any moderately attractive first year photo major would have been twice as interesting and have loads more interesting questions. She had no idea how to even hold the thing.

3) Standing on the camera was a good move by the rep. I doubt Canon or Nikon reps would have attempted the same. I really wish he would have just dropped it from chest height. I'm 80% sure it would survive that onto a carpeted floor.
 
swoop said:
1) Willoughy's sucks.

2) They found the dumbest chick on earth to be on that screen. Any moderately attractive first year photo major would have been twice as interesting and have loads more interesting questions. She had no idea how to even hold the thing.

3) Standing on the camera was a good move by the rep. I doubt Canon or Nikon reps would have attempted the same. I really wish he would have just dropped it from chest height. I'm 80% sure it would survive that onto a carpeted floor.
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That's because I can't imagine how someone could stand on a dslr with shoes. The prism is somewhat in the way. If you could spread the weight evenly on a pro-line dslr I think it should carry the weight.
 
I couldn't stand to watch it far enough to see the rep stand on the M9. Lights on nobody home in the case of the sales clerk.

Bob
 
Back in the old days while working at Altman Camera in Chicago our Topcon Rep did the same thing to a Super D. He placed the camera lens up, cap on, and would turn in a circle upon the camera. A while later he moved to Canon USA and performed the same trick on a Canon F-1. He never broke a camera but must have thrown the lens out of alignment. No one ever grabbed one of his cameras and took a few shots with them.

Steve
 
I saw it like a magician doing a trick. You carefully spread the weight and so long as there isn't a void to compress the body will be as robust as a brick. I'm willing to test this theory on somebody elses M9, but the overwhelming feeling is that it is built like a brick.

Steve
 
I'll never know where these guys dream up this stuff. Thankfully there was only one rep that performed this stunt. I imagine if he tried this on a Canon AE-1 with its polycarbonate body there may have been a different result.
 
If he were to have thrown the camera to the wall, pushed her over and taken a picture... Then maybe I'd be impressed.

At the moment, I just don't feel dumb enough to stand on my Leica.
 
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Try this at home

Truly painful video. I skipped to the demo. As an earlier poster already pointed out: there is not much to it, as long as you don't lose balance and topple the camera, putting weight on the lens (and in turn exerting stress on the mount).

Try this: take an empty plastic film can/container (like one that comes with Ilford HP5/FP4 etc.) with the cap in place. Carefully step on it, with or without shoes. No problem for a plastic film can that cost 2 cents to make. Now why should this be a feat for a metal camera body like the M9 (or M2, M6 etc.) with a flat bottom and a flat top? It ain't, it's a piece of cake. Now, actually dropping the body, taking a tumble, risk of rangefinder going out of alignment... that would be something else. I love my M2, and it's good to know I COULD step on it if I so wished ;-) - but for playing conkers I'd bet my money on a Nikon F2 any day (thinking about the rangefinder going out of alignment here).
 
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Truly painful video. I skipped to the demo. As an earlier poster already pointed out: there is not much to it, as long as you don't lose balance and topple the camera, putting weight on the lens (and in turn exerting stress on the mount).

Try this: take an empty plastic film can/container (like one that comes with Ilford HP5/FP4 etc.) with the cap in place. Carefully step on it, with or without shoes. No problem for a plastic film can that cost 2 cents to make. Now why should this be a feat for a metal camera body like the M9 (or M2, M6 etc.) with a flat bottom and a flat top? It ain't, it's a piece of cake. Now, actually dropping the body, taking a tumble, risk of rangefinder going out of alignment... that would be something else. I love my M2, and it's good to know I COULD step on it if I so wished ;-) - but for playing conkers I'd bet my money on a Nikon F2 any day (thinking about the rangefinder going out of alignment here).
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Very good point here. I may step on some empty containers tonight! hah
 
Gee, whiz! I think I might buy two M9's in case I ever want to put my car up on blocks in the front yard. Who knew?

I'm actually surprised that our intrepid investigative journalist in this video did not ask some deeply probing technical question such as whether that LCD screen can be used to run iPhone apps. Wanna stand on it again? Whatever would we do with YouTube to set us straight?
 
What is wrong with these people.... M9 is more than just a 7k camera its "art". Its meant to be rugged but not meant to be intentionally harmed...
Given that the supply is so limited now doing that instead of selling it to some one who will use it in all its glory is just morally reproachable. :bang:I seem to be building my street cred as a fanboy....;)

I am just upset that scarce resources are being wasted like that.:(
 
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