<<A friend of mine is a professional photographer, he has a Canon EOS 3 with some lenses. I rate the build quality of my MZ-5n higher than his Canon. I know that the EOS 3 has an aluminium chassi underneath the *very* plastic outside, I know this because the plastic has been scrated off in some places so the aluminium shines through.>> Roland. The chassis will never show thru unless your friend accidentally ran over the camera. This is just another finish under the top coating.
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