The "body" is not plastic - chassis is aluminium alloy, only outer panels are plastic. More metal that current Pentaxes have, except MZ-S I suppose. The noise is not bad IMHO. All the best! Raimo Personal photography homepage at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen
-----Alkuperäinen viesti----- Lähettäjä: frank theriault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Vastaanottaja: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Päivä: 21. joulukuuta 2001 0:47 Aihe: Re: OT - Voigtlander Bessa R >Hi, tom, Bob and Paul, > <snip> >Turns out the body's plastic (a camera shop selling them steered me wrong). >They also seem to have variable quality from sample to sample, as some have >found them quite noisy for a rangefinder, while others haven't. <snip> >regards, >frank - 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 .