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- From: rane+@cs.cmu.edu (Aaron Hughes)
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- Subject: Re: Plastic Canon
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- Date: 22 Jan 93 17:11:41 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan22.000638.572@cbnewsm.cb.att.com> ka1gt@cbnewsm.cb.att.com (robert.m.atkins) writes:
- >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.
-
- Well, the reason that motorcycle, crash, and flight helmets are made
- of polycarbonate/plastic/fiberglass is so that in an accident the
- helmet will deform and perhaps split, thereby absorbing a portion
- of the energy of the collison instead of transmitting it to your head.
-
- Aaron
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