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Next one off the docket, a D800, my D800, that almost lost the whole back half. At some point in this camera's previous ownership, it was dropped and the top of the back plate broke. Everything else was fine and screwed in, but metal fatigue set in and the whole assembly opened up when the hook on the end (you'll see later) caught my shirt and almost pried itself off the camera. The screen got damaged and on the salt, God bless technology, at the start line in the middle of a desert, I ordered a replacement assembly.
It was still usable and I put it back on with electrical tape, it's only stupid if it doesn't work, and it did, long enough to finish Speedweek and get it fixed. It is amazing the ribbon cables didn't tear.
