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03-25-2014, 10:36 AM   #271
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Plastics is not a bad thing in itself. Good quality plastics have multiple advantages.
1. Lighter
2. Elasticity
3. Harder to distort the shape by skewing and bending force.
4. Can be made less temperature resistant.
5. Can be made with dampening effects
6. Fat plastics have a "constantly lubricated" surface
7. Easier to machine to tolerances
8. Provides a safe breakage zone. I would rather have mount screws ripped out than a distorted metal frame.
Etc.

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Indeed, plus plastic gives FF/BF monitoring functions all their usefullness
03-26-2014, 01:58 AM   #273
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Plastic
http://www.jrcompton.com/photos/d7000pix/mild_CU_of_D7000_lens_mount-P1430092.jpg
http://image2.xitek.com/forum/200606/331/33151/33151_1149783012.jpg

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Metal
http://www.iphotonews.com/images/blog/1dm2_damage_002.JPG

What is probably more expensive to repair?
Maybe the mount sometimes is even planned as a predetermined breaking point.
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QuoteOriginally posted by froeschle Quote
What is probably more expensive to repair?
Maybe the mount sometimes is even planned as a predetermined breaking point.
If your camera hits the floor and the mount is ripped of, it is not going to be repaired. The mirror box is expensive and time consuming to replace. I got some cameras from Pentax for next to nothing where the mount had been ripped of the camera. I fixed them by carefully repairing the threads in the plastic mirror box and usually by buying a new brass mount, but Pentax does not repair cameras with epoxy, glue and drilling. They end up as trash.

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I wonder if Leica, which processing standards are said to be with a minimum 0,1µm tolerance on sensor/mount positionning, uses also those plastic locking artifices.
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QuoteOriginally posted by Zygonyx Quote
I wonder if Leica, which processing standards are said to be with a minimum 0,1µm tolerance on sensor/mount positionning, uses also those plastic locking artifices
A Leica M9 also costs five times as much as a K3. I know which I prefer.
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QuoteOriginally posted by Cynog Ap Brychan Quote
A Leica M9 also costs five times as much as a K3. I know which I prefer.
I know this is sacrelige...but i prefer SLR/DSLRs to rangefinder cameras anyday of the week. They are much more flexible.
If i was solely a street shooter, maybe then I would choose the Leica.

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QuoteOriginally posted by StigVidar Quote
They end up as trash.
They are recycled. Electronics goes to recycle bin, chassis too. But good optical parts inside the chassis are treated with more dignity: pentaprism is taken out, and all the optical parts of the viewfinder, which will host another new camera.
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QuoteOriginally posted by cali92rs Quote
but i prefer SLR/DSLRs to rangefinder cameras anyday of the week
Me too: they are much more suitable for my needs.
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QuoteOriginally posted by VisualDarkness Quote
Plastics is not a bad thing in itself. Good quality plastics have multiple advantages.
1. Lighter
2. Elasticity
3. Harder to distort the shape by skewing and bending force.
4. Can be made less temperature resistant.
5. Can be made with dampening effects
6. Fat plastics have a "constantly lubricated" surface
7. Easier to machine to tolerances
8. Provides a safe breakage zone. I would rather have mount screws ripped out than a distorted metal frame.
Etc.

Plastic is also cheaper which should lower the price, right!!
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