On 01.09.2006, at 06:58 , Douglas Newman wrote: > Well, the next Boeing airliner is going to have a > plastic fuselage; does this mean it is amateur grade > ;-)? > > Anyway, I do not see the K10D as a "pro" body. Its > competitors will be the Canon 400D, Canon 30D, Nikon > D80 and Sony A100. I would not call these "pro" > bodies. (Well, maybe some would call the 30D this - it > is also slightly more expensive than the others.) > > Most rumours seem to indicate that the K10D will > feature a plastic body over a stainless-steel > subframe. This is how every Pentax D-SLR has been so > far, and they are very sturdy. > > True, metal as in the lovely MZ-S FEELS nicer, but > plastic can actually be cheaper AND more durable.
That's true. And there were some unquestionably PRO bodies with plastic outer shall: Canon EOS-1n, Minolta Dynax 9xi and our own Pentax 645n ;-) All these bodies proved to be tough and reliable even under quite severe conditions. Cheers, Sylwek -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
