Aren't the Pentax K5, K5II, K5IIs and K3 all magnesium alloy bodied camera? That's what it says on DPR.
No matter. I took one look at the silver, my head said "ugly" and I haven't looked at it again. Yuck. G On Oct 13, 2013, at 1:34 PM, Kenneth Waller <kwal...@peoplepc.com> wrote: > Just like I certainly wouldn't spend $250 extra for a silver camera > > > -----Original Message----- >> From: Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> >> Subject: Re: K-3 Silver >> >> On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 11:27:15AM -0700, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: >>> Hmm. Most of my better cameras of recent years have been magnesium skinned >>> and weather sealed. >> >> Perhaps I should have said more expensive. Except for certain brands and >> models, price plays a huge price in the digital camera market, and most >> people don't care enough to spend an extra $50 or $100 to have the metal >> on the outside. >> >>> >>> Godfrey >>> >>> >>>> On Oct 13, 2013, at 10:58 AM, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> There is that. Also with modern cameras the outside shell is made of >>>> plastic, they used to be made of metal. You could build a camera that >>>> didn't >>>> have the plastic shell over the metal frame, but it would be a lot harder >>>> to weatherseal. > -- 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.
