Frame is magnesium alloy, but skin is plastic. On Sun, Oct 13, 2013 at 3:42 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <godd...@me.com> wrote: > 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.
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