"Eric Stevens" wrote in message
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On Sun, 28 Sep 2008 19:34:52 -0700 (PDT), RichA
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http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/re...ssage=29516522

Poor fellow thinks it's nickel.

Google doesn't seem to know about a polycarbonate allergy. Is there
such a thing?

Nickle is used to make some types of stainless steel... Pentax uses a
stainless steel chassis and lensmount.