The $15,000 (camera and equipment ruined) shot

"A news photographer's camera was destroyed during the recent
demolition of a MIssissippi River bridge, but the camera's Compact
Flash card survived to tell the story." "Frazier figures that the
blast ruined about $15,000 worth of equipment."

http://news.designtechnica.com/article5140.html
http://www.sandisk.com/pressrelease/20040823.htm

The question now .. what was the cam ? =)
From the lens .. I guess its a Nikon ?

=bob=



"Mike Henley" wrote in message
om...
"A news photographer's camera was destroyed during the recent
demolition of a MIssissippi River bridge, but the camera's Compact
Flash card survived to tell the story." "Frazier figures that the
blast ruined about $15,000 worth of equipment."

http://news.designtechnica.com/article5140.html
http://www.sandisk.com/pressrelease/20040823.htm

The question now .. what was the cam ? =)
From the lens .. I guess its a Nikon ?

=bob=



"Mike Henley" wrote in message
om...
"A news photographer's camera was destroyed during the recent
demolition of a MIssissippi River bridge, but the camera's Compact
Flash card survived to tell the story." "Frazier figures that the
blast ruined about $15,000 worth of equipment."

http://news.designtechnica.com/article5140.html
http://www.sandisk.com/pressrelease/20040823.htm

"Mike Henley" wrote in message
om...
"A news photographer's camera was destroyed during the recent
demolition of a MIssissippi River bridge, but the camera's Compact
Flash card survived to tell the story." "Frazier figures that the
blast ruined about $15,000 worth of equipment."

http://news.designtechnica.com/article5140.html
http://www.sandisk.com/pressrelease/20040823.htm


If it was a Nikon, he didn't really lose too much! {:-)

"Mike Henley" wrote in message
om...
"A news photographer's camera was destroyed during the recent
demolition of a MIssissippi River bridge, but the camera's Compact
Flash card survived to tell the story." "Frazier figures that the
blast ruined about $15,000 worth of equipment."

http://news.designtechnica.com/article5140.html
http://www.sandisk.com/pressrelease/20040823.htm


If it was a Nikon, he didn't really lose too much! {:-)

"[BnH]" b18[at]ii[dot]net writes:

The question now .. what was the cam ? =)
From the lens .. I guess its a Nikon ?

I can see what I think is the body in the lower right corner -- black with
a red stripe. Looks familiar to me.
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Jim Townsend wrote in
:

Mike Henley wrote:

"A news photographer's camera was destroyed during the recent
demolition of a MIssissippi River bridge, but the camera's Compact
Flash card survived to tell the story." "Frazier figures that the
blast ruined about $15,000 worth of equipment."

http://news.designtechnica.com/article5140.html
http://www.sandisk.com/pressrelease/20040823.htm

Interesting links :-)

The CF companies have probably been looking for something like this to use
as advertising for a while.

None of them have been stupid enough to use this remarkable though tragic,
earlier incident:

http://www.digitaljournalist.org/iss...gart_intro.htm

Still, all hail new technology for preserving Bill Biggart's last work.