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Crushing Old Cameras With a Hydraulic Press Is Tragically Fascinating

By Darren Orf Published July 6, 2016, 2:15 pm ET

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While I usually enjoy a good crush on the hydraulic press every now and then, this one felt particularly painful. In its latest video, the Hydraulic Press Channel decided to crush two vintage Canon and Nikon SLR cameras followed up with the complete decimation of a lens (which actually puts up a pretty good fight). It hurt my soul, and I couldn’t look away.

[YouTube via PetaPixel]

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