Is this true?

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This story is over one year old but even today it been talked about on most camera forums to keep the story alive but why?

Canon 7D Goes Up in Flames, Memory Card Escapes Unscathed

Also photography-on-the.net, it was posted as a new thread only last month.

Do anyone know about this story? And what is there opinion on it.

 

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I believe that I read the same article as you. I know no more facts than you, so I can only surmise that yes it is true...