You steal classified material, you should be penalized as the criminal you are. Execute them for treason.
I'm a freelance photographer and know a few lightstalkers who have spent time overseas. The two photogs killed were with insurgents. They are wearing indig clothing and not identifying themselves in any way. There are several individuals carrying weapons at least 2 AK's and an RPG that can be clearly seen. Regardless, if you are with the bad guys and are carryinga long glassed camera it looks a great deal like a LAW. I've had my 600mm on my camera and had the cops called on me when taking photos of aircraft. This is war and I'm sorry, but innocents are going to get killed. If you are going to hang out with bad guys, you'd better remember that bullets and bombs don't discriminate.
My brother has a 10D. I have a 300D. We were both shooting pics of an offroad event and both cameras were sitting on top of my Jeep laying lightly in their respective bags. I had a 300mm F4L lense on my 300d and my brother had a 100-400 L series lense on his 10D. His girlfriend moved my Jeep to get to his Jeep. Both camera bags fell the 6+ feet to the ground, cameras fell out in midflight. Aside from a scrape mark, my 300d was amazingly unhurt. I was more worried about the lense since it cost more than the camera. My brothers 10D didn't fare as well. The impact on the lense barrel apparently warped his housing and lenses do not fit properly and the camer is taking washed out pictures. Not a controlled test and my camera may have hit differently but I no longer doubt the camera's ability to take abuse.
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You steal classified material, you should be penalized as the criminal you are. Execute them for treason. I'm a freelance photographer and know a few lightstalkers who have spent time overseas. The two photogs killed were with insurgents. They are wearing indig clothing and not identifying themselves in any way. There are several individuals carrying weapons at least 2 AK's and an RPG that can be clearly seen. Regardless, if you are with the bad guys and are carryinga long glassed camera it looks a great deal like a LAW. I've had my 600mm on my camera and had the cops called on me when taking photos of aircraft. This is war and I'm sorry, but innocents are going to get killed. If you are going to hang out with bad guys, you'd better remember that bullets and bombs don't discriminate.
My brother has a 10D. I have a 300D. We were both shooting pics of an offroad event and both cameras were sitting on top of my Jeep laying lightly in their respective bags. I had a 300mm F4L lense on my 300d and my brother had a 100-400 L series lense on his 10D. His girlfriend moved my Jeep to get to his Jeep. Both camera bags fell the 6+ feet to the ground, cameras fell out in midflight. Aside from a scrape mark, my 300d was amazingly unhurt. I was more worried about the lense since it cost more than the camera. My brothers 10D didn't fare as well. The impact on the lense barrel apparently warped his housing and lenses do not fit properly and the camer is taking washed out pictures. Not a controlled test and my camera may have hit differently but I no longer doubt the camera's ability to take abuse.