Sony has MY vote!

[Buick From Hell]

Came in to work this morning, and had my $1k Sony Digital camera in my left hand (NOT in the case). We have an old milk box out front where people leave jobs to do sometimes, so I checked, and there was small job I grabbed...

I work at my parents house; as you walk in, there's a small landing and you can go up 2 steps, or go left & down 2 steps to the next landing, then right, down to the basement. There's also an iron railing...

As I proceed to head UP, my left coat-sleeve caught the iron railing, and... I dropped the camera...a 4 foot freefall to the wood & metal steps below, and I watch in horror as it careens off the next 10 steps all the way to the basement, then bounces off the cement floor a couple more times for good measure... I head downstairs expecting to see my camera in a billion pieces...

Don't know how it survived, but there's not a scratch on it, and everything still works perfectly!

Pretty good craftsmanship...I can't imagine too many other electronics products that would've survived that!

 

[Kevin Turch]

Sony makes good cameras, mine is well built also. Too bad thats the only thing good that sony makes

 

[NeXuS1]

my D770 is about 4 years old now, and its taken a beating. its gone riding with me on the dunes and all sorts of other stuff. still works great and takes better pictures then a lot of the stuff on the market.

well worth the investment i think.

 

[striker_29]

Wow thats hard to believe Kevin, don't try that again! I just got an Olympus for my bday, and I could never see it sustaning something like that. It didnt cost anywhere near what you paid for yours I'm sure, but I have been very nervous about dropping it or otherwise screwin it up. Glad to hear its still in one piece