Should've used a UV filter to protect it...

[FishyFish]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=It0FCmuLsv0




Also - not a 'D'SLR I think.

 

[Graham W]

The front element seemed to survive the ordeal.

 

[nog]

Why?
Not much of a surprise to see a camera is damaged by a press

 

[munch]

Really don't see the point of this. Camera meets meets ram, was anybody expecting anything different?

 

[realspeed]

one word for it "Pathetic"

 

[Andrew Moore]

Wasn't even a DSLR... it probably crumbled under embarrassment after from being referred to one. I wonder how a 1DX would fair..

 

[ecoleman]

Well that's it then. I'm not buying a Minolta!

 

[Bicko]

Only a flesh wound. I'm sure a certain photographer could still shoot a wedding with it.

 

[MartynK]

Of course, an F or F2 would have shrugged this off and probably wrecked the press too...

 

[Teflon-Mike]

Sounded Russian.. he probably had tried it with a Zenit and broken the press!

 

[philoldsmobile]

Sounded Russian.. he probably had tried it with a Zenit and broken the press!

I was just thinking a Zenit may have resisted more! If there is one thing they are, it's sturdy!