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BlakeShellman · 11-09-2013, 07:10 PM

Thanx foe all the input so far...makes me want the K-3 sooner yet.

bobmaxja · 11-09-2013, 07:45 PM

The 70D is all plastic per other web site

**Ex Finn.** · 11-09-2013, 08:29 PM

Originally posted by Sandy Hancock

The D800 is like a machine gun. The K-3 is like a pretty girl batting her eyelids.

This does not help me at all.

Wired · 11-09-2013, 08:59 PM

My only issue with the K3 is that when I go and pickup my K5 I can't find the AF button

**wizofoz** · 11-10-2013, 05:11 AM - **1 Like**

The remnants of callow youth in me yearns for a video where a k-3 ( or K-5 or k-7) is used to smash an el cheapo canikon body to bits, just so some people will realise just how well built these cameras are. But my youth was more than a generation ago, so I will forego the urge to make it myself.

(or seriously urge others to do so)

rawr · 11-10-2013, 05:54 AM

Originally posted by wizofoz

where a k-3 ( or K-5 or k-7) is used to smash an el cheapo canikon body to bits

An easy smash target would, on the face of it, be the new Nikon D5300. The only metal in it is the top plate and a few other bits. Everything else - body and chassis - is plastic (''Carbon fiber composite material with a thermoplastic resin').

But many modern DSLR's - despite their flimsy appearance and lightness - can be deceptively tough. Some DigitalRev videos have amply confirmed that.

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11-09-2013, 07:10 PM	#31
BlakeShellman Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 224 Original Poster	Thanx foe all the input so far...makes me want the K-3 sooner yet.

11-09-2013, 07:45 PM	#32
bobmaxja Veteran Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Laval, Quebec Canada Posts: 2,171	The 70D is all plastic per other web site

11-09-2013, 08:29 PM	#33
Ex Finn. Site Supporter Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Southern Maryland. Espoo. Kouvola. Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 7,975	Originally posted by Sandy Hancock The D800 is like a machine gun. The K-3 is like a pretty girl batting her eyelids. This does not help me at all.

11-09-2013, 08:59 PM	#34
Wired Veteran Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Edmonton, AB Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 2,519	My only issue with the K3 is that when I go and pickup my K5 I can't find the AF button

11-10-2013, 05:11 AM - 1 Like	#35
wizofoz Site Supporter Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Melbourne, Outer east. Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 1,695	The remnants of callow youth in me yearns for a video where a k-3 ( or K-5 or k-7) is used to smash an el cheapo canikon body to bits, just so some people will realise just how well built these cameras are. But my youth was more than a generation ago, so I will forego the urge to make it myself. (or seriously urge others to do so)

11-10-2013, 05:54 AM	#36
rawr Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 11,913	Originally posted by wizofoz where a k-3 ( or K-5 or k-7) is used to smash an el cheapo canikon body to bits An easy smash target would, on the face of it, be the new Nikon D5300. The only metal in it is the top plate and a few other bits. Everything else - body and chassis - is plastic (''Carbon fiber composite material with a thermoplastic resin'). But many modern DSLR's - despite their flimsy appearance and lightness - can be deceptively tough. Some DigitalRev videos have amply confirmed that.

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