Jonathan Reyes Posted December 6, 2011 Report Share Posted December 6, 2011 This was circling around on the interweb thought I would post it here. Thought it was pretty funny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Toline Posted December 6, 2011 Report Share Posted December 6, 2011 You have a very strange warped sense of humor. If that's a real 5d body the people who did that should be ashamed of themselves. Regardless of any prejudices you have about a DSLR it's still a fine piece of craftmanship and should be treated with the respect it deserves. Eric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afewmoreyears Posted December 6, 2011 Report Share Posted December 6, 2011 It was produced by the Nikon crowd.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiftyfoot Posted December 6, 2011 Report Share Posted December 6, 2011 A counter revolutionary statement. Won't get the genie back in the bottle though. Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VASI Posted December 6, 2011 Report Share Posted December 6, 2011 My heart... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Waelder Posted December 6, 2011 Report Share Posted December 6, 2011 Some years ago, when I was working in a camera store in Boston, the Nikon rep,, Johnny LaSpina (sp?), would stop by from time to time. If a customer were looking at a Nikon camera he would pitch in and help make the sale. Johnny was a smoker and had a regular bit of business with his cigarette. He would demonstrate the range of Nikon lenses and spread out several lenses, front element up, on the counter, scattered in a random pattern near the circular ashtray. While making his demonstrations, he would casually flick the ashes in the ashtray. As he got more engaged in his pitch, he would begin tapping the ashes into the "wrong" vessel, as if he had perceived one of the lenses to be the ashtray. He kept his patter moving so that the horrified customer hardly had a change to intervene. After landing his ashes in the lens a couple of times, he would crush out the cigarette on the front element! Then, noticing his "error" for the first time, he would say, "no matter," and dump the ashes from the lens into the ashtray. Then he took the end of his tie and wiped the front element clean. Invariably the front element would suffer no damage at all and he would comment on how hard the coatings used by Nikon were. Cigarette ash is pretty soft and the burn temperature relatively low (about 400 degrees F). Virtually all quality lenses are sufficiently hard and and their anti-reflective coatings sufficiently heat resistant that no harm would be caused by extinguishing a cigarette on the front element. I'm not sure if this is still true as the use of plastics for lens elements is now more common than it was then. But it was always an effective demonstration and invariably resulted in a sale. David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celac Posted December 7, 2011 Report Share Posted December 7, 2011 Some years ago, when I was working in a camera store in Boston, the Nikon rep,, Johnny LaSpina (sp?), would stop by from time to time. If a customer were looking at a Nikon camera he would pitch in and help make the sale. Johnny was a smoker and had a regular bit of business with his cigarette. He would demonstrate the range of Nikon lenses and spread out several lenses, front element up, on the counter, scattered in a random pattern near the circular ashtray. While making his demonstrations, he would casually flick the ashes in the ashtray. As he got more engaged in his pitch, he would begin tapping the ashes into the "wrong" vessel, as if he had perceived one of the lenses to be the ashtray. He kept his patter moving so that the horrified customer hardly had a change to intervene. After landing his ashes in the lens a couple of times, he would crush out the cigarette on the front element! Then, noticing his "error" for the first time, he would say, "no matter," and dump the ashes from the lens into the ashtray. Then he took the end of his tie and wiped the front element clean. Invariably the front element would suffer no damage at all and he would comment on how hard the coatings used by Nikon were. Cigarette ash is pretty soft and the burn temperature relatively low (about 400 degrees F). Virtually all quality lenses are sufficiently hard and and their anti-reflective coatings sufficiently heat resistant that no harm would be caused by extinguishing a cigarette on the front element. I'm not sure if this is still true as the use of plastics for lens elements is now more common than it was then. But it was always an effective demonstration and invariably resulted in a sale. David Hey, That's a great story, as much for the cultural change it illustrates as for the punch line. There was indeed a day when camera stores had ashtrays on the counter as there was one when salesmen walked around with cups of coffee. (unfortunately I'm old enough myself for the latter) I have had the (dis)pleasure of having to clean the residue of cigarette smoke off both optics and lab equipment. It is not only yucky but takes quite a bit of work and I imagine it would be equally troublesome on mic diaphragms etc.. Celac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Wielage Posted December 7, 2011 Report Share Posted December 7, 2011 Oh, the Red people will love this photo! Most of them really hate the 5D. "It's not 4K! It's not the best camera!" --Marc W. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Blankenship Posted December 7, 2011 Report Share Posted December 7, 2011 Oh, the Red people will love this photo! Most of them really hate the 5D. "It's not 4K! It's not the best camera!" And the ashes don't go well with a Subway tuna! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carbonhobbit Posted December 8, 2011 Report Share Posted December 8, 2011 I know where you can get a 5D to use as an ashtray. Fell only 10 feet or so in a factory. Bounced twice. Scott....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris R Posted December 8, 2011 Report Share Posted December 8, 2011 I paid good money a few years back to have someone do this to a guitar they built for me from scratch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Blankenship Posted December 8, 2011 Report Share Posted December 8, 2011 C'mon, you gotta tell us the story behind it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris R Posted December 8, 2011 Report Share Posted December 8, 2011 C'mon, you gotta tell us the story behind it. Growing up in the 70's-80's being a guitarist, my hero was Eddie Van Halen. I commissioned a guitar luthier to build me his main two guitars from scratch. (body cut to the exact size/shape, neck built from scratch) The guy puts every single nick, scratch and dent that is in the original on the guitars he builds. (kinda insane when you think about the time involved) I believe adhesive was poured into the cavities, the ashes dumped in, and then of course the excess dumped back out. Final Result: Eddies Frankenstrat (ignore the black duct tape he had on it in this picture) My Frankenstrat: I also had him build me Eddies 5150 guitar (w/ all the nicks in the right places) and Eric Clapton's "blackie" strat (w/ all the nicks in the right places) My kinda "art" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Perkins Posted December 8, 2011 Report Share Posted December 8, 2011 I paid good money a few years back to have someone do this to a guitar they built for me from scratch. Hey--that's an Eddie VanHalen model!!! I see that "Tone" control for the volume! Did you saturate it in malt liquor too? Stick on the pickups with paraffin melted on your mom's stove? phil p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Perkins Posted December 8, 2011 Report Share Posted December 8, 2011 The 5D picture is too weird for me. I work with filmmakers who have made real sacrifices to have a good camera, I know I did when I was younger. I hope that was a "dead" body, or just a non-working demo unit. phil p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
studiomprd Posted December 8, 2011 Report Share Posted December 8, 2011 " Invariably the front element would suffer no damage at all and he would comment on how hard the coatings used by Nikon were. " there seems to be no lens on the "body" in the picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old school Posted December 9, 2011 Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 Juxtaposition is a tried and true method in creating striking/interesting images, but as a lover of Cameras and Microphones and Musical Instruments, I hate to see them abused and destroyed. In that regard the photo was a powerful success. CrewC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benr Posted December 9, 2011 Report Share Posted December 9, 2011 Ha ha, saw this in on POTN a few months ago, terrible looking, but funny because its so horrible! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chas Gordon Posted February 3, 2012 Report Share Posted February 3, 2012 Hey Ben, missed that image on POTN, but unfortunately I got to see it here. Hmmmm... I just have to tell myself that it was a trashed unit before the ashes. God forbid my 7D even ends up like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glen Trew Posted February 4, 2012 Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 You have a very strange warped sense of humor. If that's a real 5d body the people who did that should be ashamed of themselves. Regardless of any prejudices you have about a DSLR it's still a fine piece of craftmanship and should be treated with the respect it deserves. Eric Calm down, Eric. i'm pretty sure it's a cheap cigar. gt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chas Gordon Posted February 4, 2012 Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 Calm down, Eric. i'm pretty sure it's a cheap cigar. gt Ha! Well played Glen, well played. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benr Posted February 4, 2012 Report Share Posted February 4, 2012 Hey Ben, missed that image on POTN, but unfortunately I got to see it here. Hmmmm... I just have to tell myself that it was a trashed unit before the ashes. God forbid my 7D even ends up like that. It wouldnt, because normal people with FIX a broken camera like that or at least have the insurance to replace it... Which might be what happened here... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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