Christopher Des Clayes
01-21-2005, 03:18 AM
On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 23:29:47 -0000, Bear <bastardDOTbear@gmail.com>
wrote:
>In article <xn0dwy3iomqda3001@news.individual.net>, sweller says...
>> Bear wrote:
>>
>> > > It's just the feel they have to me, an old SLR has a well engineered
>> > > look and feel, whereas a modern digital is kind of plasticky.
>> >
>> > Nikon F2, in brass.
>>
>> I have a 20+ y/o Chinon CE4 with the brass showing through the worn
>> paint. Almost a shame it's now retired in favour of the S5000.
>
>I'm presuming the reason they stopped using brass for SLR bodies was a
>weight issue, but by god there's very little else, other metals and
>space-age materials included, that seems so "day to day" proof; i.e.
>it's not the strongest stuff, but it seems to bend rather than break,
>chip rather than crack, and dent rather than splinter.
I think it's more a matter of brass being luvverly stuff to cast and
machine, and fairly impervious to oxidization. There are many more
durable materials.
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wrote:
>In article <xn0dwy3iomqda3001@news.individual.net>, sweller says...
>> Bear wrote:
>>
>> > > It's just the feel they have to me, an old SLR has a well engineered
>> > > look and feel, whereas a modern digital is kind of plasticky.
>> >
>> > Nikon F2, in brass.
>>
>> I have a 20+ y/o Chinon CE4 with the brass showing through the worn
>> paint. Almost a shame it's now retired in favour of the S5000.
>
>I'm presuming the reason they stopped using brass for SLR bodies was a
>weight issue, but by god there's very little else, other metals and
>space-age materials included, that seems so "day to day" proof; i.e.
>it's not the strongest stuff, but it seems to bend rather than break,
>chip rather than crack, and dent rather than splinter.
I think it's more a matter of brass being luvverly stuff to cast and
machine, and fairly impervious to oxidization. There are many more
durable materials.
--
Chris Des Clayes (Header addresses are munged)
Reply to chris@ffcc.powernet.co.uk, but remove one "f"
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