With Every Photo, There's a Blast
CF card survives explosion where film would have been destroyed
A news photographer got a bit too close to the demolition of a bridge on the Mississippi. Well actually, he did want to get further away, but his remote setup didn't work. So he got close in and manually handled the cameras from behind some construction equipment. Not a good idea. The blast knocked him down and destroyed all his equipment, but not the CF card.
Fascinating photos of the bridge and the camera moments after the blast.
Film would have probably been too damaged, as the camera itself was ripped open. But the images survived on a CF card. Anyone want to argue about the hardiness of digital storage now?
Posted by lynne : "With Every Photo, There's a Blast" at 19:37
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