On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 01:42:33PM -0700, Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > Aren't the Pentax K5, K5II, K5IIs and K3 all magnesium alloy bodied camera? > That's what it says on DPR.
In much the same way that the Saturn is a steel bodied car. Structurally, the body is metal, but the outer layer is plastic. The displays, buttons etc. seem to be mounted to the plastic, and the plastic seems to provide much or all of the sealing. > > No matter. I took one look at the silver, my head said "ugly" and I haven't > looked at it again. Yuck. That can't be right, that would mean that you and I have congruent aesthetic judgements on something. :-) > > 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. -- Larry Colen l...@red4est.com http://red4est.com/lrc -- 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.
