Hi, I'm pretty sure that the Bessa-R is built on the same metal die cast frame as the Nikon FM10, which cosina make for Nikon.
Paul > As far as the I am aware the R camera is built on a solid metal die cast frame > but the top and bottom plates are a composite material. Having owned one for a > day I would say that this is the case otherwise it's mighty heavy (395gm) > plastic (comparing it to a Rebel of course :-) > > Cheers, > Rob Studdert > HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA > Tel +61-2-9554-4110 > UTC(GMT) +10 Hours > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications.html > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .