On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 05:47:50PM -0400, Graydon wrote: > On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 05:36:53PM -0400, John Francis scripsit: > > On Mon, May 18, 2009 at 02:22:00PM -0300, Luiz Felipe wrote: > > > http://www.ricehigh.blogspot.com > > > > > > Looks interesting indeed... :-) > > > > > > LF > > > > So - what are the perceived strengths & weaknesses? > > > > Strengths, as I see them: > > o Metal body shell > > Why is this a strength? > > More expensive, not as strong, and conducts more heat than the > polycarbonate. It might be a strength if you expect a 20 year working > life and want something that won't become brittle when it runs out of > elastomers, but that's not true of a digital camera.
Stiffness. I'm sure heat conduction isn't going to be an issue (there's an outer skin of polycarbonate, after all, and the camera is cold- weather certified). But unless they're building the body out of carbon fibre it's not going to be as stiff as one with a metal shell. The total lack of body flex is one of the things that I noticed when I got to play with a high-end CaNikon. And I *do* expect close to a 20-year working life out of this. My *ist-D still works just fine after 5.5 years; I expect it to make it at least to 10. My old Canon PowerShot G1 is still delivering images (albeit now in the hands of its second owner), and that's over eight years old. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
