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- From: ka1gt@cbnewsm.cb.att.com (robert.m.atkins)
- Subject: Re: Plastic Canon
- Organization: AT&T
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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 00:06:38 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.000638.572@cbnewsm.cb.att.com>
- References: <nicholson.11@main.mndly.umn.edu>
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- In article <nicholson.11@main.mndly.umn.edu>, nicholson@main.mndly.umn.edu (JOHN JAY NICHOLSON) writes:
- >
- > 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.
-
- Well, they are light, durable and probably cheaper to produce. Whether or
- not they will last as long as traditional all metal bodies remains to be
- seen. I have heard reports that they survive drops as well as or better
- than metal bodies. Remember that crash helmets are made of "plastic" not
- metal and they certainly seem to hold up. Not all "plastic" is fragile
- and brittle. On the other hand they do feel "cheap" when compared to an
- all metal camera. Their lightness probably adds to this feeling too. Maybe
- it is just a "feeling" though.
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