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Yeah, but the brassing and dents are like an old pair of jeans. !
Hey just look at my Nikon F at the top of this thread and you'll get a hint of what it's been through. I don't treat any of my equipment roughly on purpose, but the whole object is to get the image sometimes the intsrument takes a beating in the process. If you could see the back of the F you would see a big dent, the result of a nearly 5 foot fall from a tripod when it was just a baby. It never missed a beat after that tumble. Just goes to show how they were made back then. I sure wouldn't want the D70 to experience the same thing. The brassing and dents are something like badges of honor (or purple hearts in some cases) that show how much they are loved and used.