Originally posted by kolouch Still blind? Open your eyes man .. I wrote only "why it is plastic, why not magnesium as body", is it bad to ask?
No, it's certainly not bad to ask.
The grips have metal frames, only plastic casings.
Under normal circumstances, a magnesium grip vs a plastic grip will have the same quality in daily uses - the amount of circuitry is so much smaller in the grip than the body, so a plastic grip can totally handle the required rigidity.
Looking at your post history, you dropped your K10 together with the grip (
https://www.pentaxforums.com/forums/pentax-dslr-discussion/45623-does-anyone-...tery-grip.html), and the grip broke. I guess it has something to do with this question.
In this case, let me tell you if you drop it, it won't matter whether it's built with tofu or with diamond - if a camera is dropped, it is going to break and it's not Pentax's fault, period - I don't expect $1300 cameras or grips to be drop-proof especially when the $7000 Canon 1D series manuals ask you not to drop the cameras.
Originally posted by kolouch 1/180 is deal breaker for some peple . there is a bigger thread about x-sync.
I think he's simply asking why you're still so concerned with K-7's grip's shell's material, if the camera itself already has a deal-breaker and you're for sure not going to buy it.
Originally posted by kolouch I gave money to pentax, so I'll write what I want
Not true. You don't get to write what you want here, just like you don't get to write what you want on DPreview. This forum is not owned by Pentax, so the fact that you can post here is not a consequence of you having given money to Pentax.
In fact, your ability to post here is a privilege, not a right:
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In an attempt to keep the Forum as friendly as possible, the Forum staff will delete, close, or edit any threads that violate the Forum Rules. Additionally, users, including "trolls," that act disrespectfully in their posts or otherwise cause trouble will be banned or warned as needed.
People are looking at you as a troll because you seem to start arguments unnecessarily with a somewhat confrontational attitude in your posts and replies that give people impressions that you did not spend any time to think before posting.
Don't be mistaken, these impressions can possibly be wrong - but you're the only person capable of providing some evidence for people to change these impressions.