On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 01:50:57AM -0700, Joseph McAllister wrote: > You must be referring to the fake leatherette on most gripping surfaces. Just > touch the camera anywhere else and you can tell by the temperature it is > metal. > > Better yet, test your camera for zero degree operation sometime. Let it cold > soak for ten minutes. Then touch your tongue to anyplace that isn;t > "plastic". Call me and let me know how that worked out for ya.
The front, where the lens mounts, seems to be metal, the bottom ins plastic, the tom seems to be plastic, the back is platic. > > > On Oct 14, 2013, at 01:30 , Larry Colen wrote: > > > Yes.and that is skinned in plastic. > > > > Joseph McAllister <pentax...@mac.com> wrote: > >> The description of the K5 and K3 state that "Durable magnesium alloy > >> covers surround a rugged stainless steel chassis." > > > > > Joseph McAllister > pentax...@mac.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > 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.
