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<blockquote data-quote="FulThrotl" data-source="post: 162264" data-attributes="member: 14734">chit happens. firstly it's a heavy camera, and if it drops 3', and hits wrong, it weighs enough to kill itself, as you have discovered. i've machined magnesium,and while it's lighter than a popcorn's pfhart, it's not particularly strong, relative to other metals that might have been used. it fractures pretty easily.be grateful it wasn't powered by a ford diesel. they cost more than nikons, and are more delicate. a mechanic added coolant to my 6.0 diesel, and it wasincompatible with the ford product. how big a deal could *that* be?after it plugged the oil cooler, causing the egr cooler to fail, causing the motor to be hydrolocked...... the final tab came to $10,080.and that isn't covered by warranty, either..... <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />chit happens. my condolences... at least it wasn't a 'blad that was totaled.... it still hurts, however.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="FulThrotl, post: 162264, member: 14734"] chit happens. firstly it's a heavy camera, and if it drops 3', and hits wrong, it weighs enough to kill itself, as you have discovered. i've machined magnesium, and while it's lighter than a popcorn's pfhart, it's not particularly strong, relative to other metals that might have been used. it fractures pretty easily. be grateful it wasn't powered by a ford diesel. they cost more than nikons, and are more delicate. a mechanic added coolant to my 6.0 diesel, and it was incompatible with the ford product. how big a deal could *that* be? after it plugged the oil cooler, causing the egr cooler to fail, causing the motor to be hydrolocked...... the final tab came to $10,080. and that isn't covered by warranty, either..... :-p chit happens. my condolences... at least it wasn't a 'blad that was totaled.... it still hurts, however. [/QUOTE]

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