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DP1M - the good news and the bad news....

Started Aug 9, 2015 | Discussions thread
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DP1M - the good news and the bad news....

The good news is that it's obviously constructed out of the same material as the black box flight recorders on aircraft. I drop tested mine unintentionally again yesterday, about 2 ft onto a concrete floor. It bounced on the ground and made contact in three places including the edge of the lens where the filter thread is. Whilst there was some collateral damage in the form of some marks, the camera is absolutely fine and my lens adaptors and filters screw on no problem. This is on top of it's recent dunking in water and trip into the dust, hence my conclusion above.

The bad news is that I really need a backup for this camera and the DP1M's are now rarer than rocking horse ****. None for sale in the UK in the usual places, none on ebay, I guess I'll just have to keep an eye out.

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