SLR body compare to a digital body
with you about slr cameras holding on better. I remember a couple of times when I was a kid, I would knock my father's camera off the table when I was playing with my match box cars. He was too happy with me, but the camera did not break and worked just fine. 
Older film cameras are built like tanks. Heavy and less ergonomic.
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Why so serious?
effron wrote: I have shot Nikons for forty years, so I will speak for them. I have about fifteen film cameras, and for the most part they are robust, tough and hard to break, I have tried at times it seems. However, I now shoot a D300 and D700, and neither of those digicams will take a back seat for ruggedness or durability. I've dropped them, kicked them and even my wife has touched them, they seem very hardy. Your experience might vary, but I am more than pleased with both film SLRs and my digital cameras......
I have abused my D300 to no end. Fact is my GGS screen protector is cracked again from the camera falling on some rocks. Fact is one time I had it drop on the lens hard enough to dislodge the aperture blades inside the lens, the camera is still working fine and dandy. I need to take that lens apart and fix it to tell the truth.
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