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- From: acs@csri.toronto.edu (Alvin Chia-Hua Shih)
- Subject: Re: Plastic Canon
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.144618.28123@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>
- References: <nicholson.11@main.mndly.umn.edu>
- Date: 21 Jan 93 19:46:18 GMT
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- In <nicholson.11@main.mndly.umn.edu> nicholson@main.mndly.umn.edu (JOHN JAY NICHOLSON) writes:
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- >Why are most Canon cameras made of mostly plastic? You pick up the Elan or
- >the new A2E, and they feel so cheap? I understand that the EOS 1 is a very
- >well made camera, and is very durable, but all the others that I have seen
- >are almost pure plastic. If you don't believe me, open the back of the A2E
- >and look.
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- The big reason is probably ease of manufacture. For most people, the
- plastic cameras are probably "durable enough". Indeed, the weight
- savings certainly makes them more bearable when travelling. (A camera
- left at home doesn't take very interesting pictures! :-)
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