Originally posted by deadwolfbones Yeah, my bad. Parts of the exterior (on the rear) are poly, but the front and top are magnesium with powder coating.
Anyway, you're missing the point of the blog post in order to get worked up over a perceived slight. He's not trying to call out Pentax for making a "plastic camera," he's implying that all modern dSLRs are "plastic cameras" and that trying to dress them up like classic film SLRs is dumb. You can agree with him on that point or not, but to get upset over him namedropping the K-5 in the process is pretty much fangirl dementia.
Actually, I'm not missing the point. Form over function. He implied that the K5 has no right "looking" like a metal camera if it was not metal. Just like the OM-D had no right having a Pentaprism hump since it doesn't have one.
He was talking about a "fake" design aesthetic, and while the K-01 has some retro elements, it is nothing like the homage of the OM-D, - not even close.
Overall, a cheap shot at Pentax.