Metal better than "engineered" plastic bodies for high-end processing
 

On Tue, 14 Jul 2020 21:24:10 -0700 (PDT), RichA
wrote:

https://www.dpreview.com/news/096533...-r5-r6-cameras

Magnesium alloy was used in the body to dissipate heat away from internal components

They would have done better with copper.
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Eric Stevens

Metal better than "engineered" plastic bodies for high-end processing
 

On Jul 15, 2020, Eric Stevens wrote
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On Tue, 14 Jul 2020 21:24:10 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

https://www.dpreview.com/news/096533...-r5-r6-cameras

Magnesium alloy was used in the body to dissipate heat away from internal components

They would have done better with copper.

In that case you might end up with a soft bodied camera.

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Savageduck

Metal better than "engineered" plastic bodies for high-endprocessing
 

On 16/07/2020 4:30 pm, Eric Stevens wrote:
On Tue, 14 Jul 2020 21:24:10 -0700 (PDT), RichA
wrote:

https://www.dpreview.com/news/096533...-r5-r6-cameras

Magnesium alloy was used in the body to dissipate heat away from internal components

They would have done better with copper.


..... if that was the sole criteria.

geoff

Metal better than "engineered" plastic bodies for high-endprocessing
 

On 16/07/2020 7:40 pm, RichA wrote:
On Thursday, 16 July 2020 00:29:29 UTC-4, Eric Stevens wrote:
On Tue, 14 Jul 2020 21:24:10 -0700 (PDT), RichA
wrote:

https://www.dpreview.com/news/096533...-r5-r6-cameras

Magnesium alloy was used in the body to dissipate heat away from internal components

They would have done better with copper.
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Regards,

Eric Stevens

Better still with silver, but there are practical limits, mostly cost/weight related.


Beryllium, but don't touch it.

geoff

Metal better than "engineered" plastic bodies for high-end processing
 

On Wed, 15 Jul 2020 22:55:56 -0700, Savageduck
wrote:

On Jul 15, 2020, Eric Stevens wrote
(in ):

On Tue, 14 Jul 2020 21:24:10 -0700 (PDT),
wrote:

https://www.dpreview.com/news/096533...-r5-r6-cameras

Magnesium alloy was used in the body to dissipate heat away from internal components

They would have done better with copper.

In that case you might end up with a soft bodied camera.

Oh yes, but think of the cooling!
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Regards,

Eric Stevens

Metal better than "engineered" plastic bodies for high-end processing
 

On Wed, 15 Jul 2020 22:55:56 -0700, Savageduck wrote:

In that case you might end up with a soft bodied camera.

A very heavy, soft-bodied camera. Don't drop it!

But it would have a higher recycle value....

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croy