Just now, a silly idea struck my mind. Why SLRs are not made on wooden chasis in a metal casing? The vibration damping performance will be quite good, I hope.
- Ayash. On Sat, 10 Aug 2002, William Robb wrote: > The Shen Hao wasn't being made when I bought the Tachihara. From > what I was able to glean from the web, it looks like a nice > product. > When I bought, the choices were pretty much Wista, Wisner, Zone > VI, and Tachihara for wood field cameras. The Tachihara gives up > a lot of features compared to the 3 cameras mentioned, but it > was a lot less expensive. > Make sure the wood in the Shen Hao is hardwood (one website > mentioned teak, but that was a consumer review, so who knows if > it is), and a hardwood suited to camera building. Also, make > sure that the wood has been dried naturally, not kiln dried, as > it will be more dimensionally stable. > I know a guy who bought some sort of made in China view camera > some years ago. The thing was made of spruce, and it wasn't > dimensionally stable. > William Robb - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
