Quote Originally Posted by another view
Yeah, but the brassing and dents are like an old pair of jeans. It's just kinda neat - after three years my canvas Domke bag is just starting to get broken in. You can't fake it - it just happens over time. Plus he'll get it for a song! FWIW my F5 has a little dent in the prism - if that makes me cool! ;) I know the history of the camera (bought used from a friend) and I use it - it's not going in a museum!

Show that it has been USED! I get it. :-)

I'm with you buddy, my camera's get used. They are not going to a museum. The K1000 doesn't get used as much as the others, but it's for special work (night stuff). And I still use it from time to time just because it is a manual camera.

But my N80, and now my F5 are my work horses. I almost always have one of them with me. And for special events, weddings, airshows and the like, I'll be taking them both!

Be proud of those dents, and the enevitable brassing. It's tells everyone you are a photographer, not a collector!