The stink of plastic

On Sun, 28 Aug 2005 23:19:17 -0400, "Michael Johnson, PE"
wrote:

RichA wrote:
On Sun, 28 Aug 2005 20:43:40 -0400, "Michael Johnson, PE"
wrote:


RichA wrote:

No wonder I hate it so much.

http://www.pbase.com/markuson/image/47959941

Take all the plastic out of your day to day life and then tell us how
much you hate it.


Oh I realize how it's made things cheap enough for
most people to afford, but some things could be made
of metal instead (like camera bodies). However, I wouldn't
expect my 19" $700 monitor to have a stainless steel or magnesium
chassis.

Any DSLR has a good bit of plastic in it. I don't understand what there
is to "hate" about it. Actually I bet the P&S cameras are more metal as
a total percentage than a DSLR.

Depends on the P&S and the DSLR. My C8080 is mostly metal. Things
that are not are the battery door, the connection covers, and the
popup flash. The rest is magnesium and aluminum. I think most DSLRs
have metal chassis, if not metal outer coverings.
-Rich


"Bittorrents are REFUNDS for all the BAD movie products Hollywood
never gave us refunds for in the past"

"Michael Johnson, PE" wrote in message
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RichA wrote:
No wonder I hate it so much.

http://www.pbase.com/markuson/image/47959941

Take all the plastic out of your day to day life and then tell us how much
you hate it.

Where would Pamela Lee, or most of Hollywood be without plastic!

In article ,
says...
But maybe the sensor was saved?

Actually, it was.

A magnesium-alloy body would have faired worse in that situation.
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Darrell wrote:
"Michael Johnson, PE" wrote in message
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RichA wrote:

No wonder I hate it so much.

http://www.pbase.com/markuson/image/47959941

Take all the plastic out of your day to day life and then tell us how much
you hate it.


Where would Pamela Lee, or most of Hollywood be without plastic!





All the way to the right [warning: bare breast pix]
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Slack

Slack wrote:


All the way to the right

dang it... I meant to the left

Darrell wrote:
"Michael Johnson, PE" wrote in message
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RichA wrote:

No wonder I hate it so much.

http://www.pbase.com/markuson/image/47959941

Take all the plastic out of your day to day life and then tell us how much
you hate it.


Where would Pamela Lee, or most of Hollywood be without plastic!

More insecure than they already are?

"dylan" wrote in message
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"Frank ess" wrote in message
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Skip M wrote:
"RichA" wrote in message
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No wonder I hate it so much.

http://www.pbase.com/markuson/image/47959941


"Bittorrents are REFUNDS for all the BAD movie products Hollywood
never gave us refunds for in the past"

Tell you what, Rich, drop your camera, what ever it is, nine stories
onto concrete or rocks, and then post a photo of the result...

"Stories" do not equal "feet".

C'mon; someone keeps reminding us this is a "technical forum".

Joke-ish.

90ft = approx 9 stories
or
10* Stories = feet

As long as Rich is still holding onto the camera I am pretty sure everyone
will be happy with the result.

hmmmm, if you fell off of a 9 story building would you want to land on 10'
of plastic peanuts, or 10' of metal bolts of similar size

No wonder I hate it so much.

http://www.pbase.com/markuson/image/47959941

Rule 1 of camera use - put the strap around your neck so you don't drop the
camera.

If it wasn't plastic the metal parts would likely have been bent out of
tolerance. Shutter mechanisms are delicate - you shouldn't be bumping your
camera about anyway.

--
Mark

Photos, Ideas & Opinions
http://www.marklauter.com

RichA blathers:

I don't...But it's up to you to prove, because you're the one making the
allegation.

It depends to on how the camera body is designed.

No, it depends on _you_ conducting the test.

The Canon in question seemed to have been designed like a race car, to
channel impact energy across the body, saving the occupants inside.

The camera was a total loss. It would almost certainly have been a
total loss had it been made of metal, plastic, or even popsicle sticks.

Your complaints started out as stupid, but are now just plain idiotic
to the extreme. You are so upset because the lowest-of-the-low lenses
at Canon are slightly worse that the junk-lenses at Nikon. Oh, the
horror of it all! Now you kvetch that when you drop a camera 30m, it,
like, BREAKS, and maybe a metal camera would break ever so less,
therefore "plastic stinks".

Basically, you are a FUDster. A rather dumb one, it would appear, but
still a FUDster.