On Aug 1, 3:26 pm, "JoeT" wrote:
"RichA" wrote in message

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The Rebel and Rebel XT. Very rare Nikon D50s and Olympus E-500s.
What they all share is a stigma in cameras that in humans is akin to
leprosy. Silvered plastic. It looks so awful and cheezy that only
the lowest forms of life (bottom barrel pocketable P&Ss) wear it like
a badge of honour.
However, mark my words. If Canon or Nikon released a metal bodied
DSLR with a silver finish like the old FE or AE-1s SLRs, it would
cause a sensation. IMO, it could possibly outsell black.

Why on earth would anyone spend more than a scant second of time concerned
with such mundane issues as color choices of plastic bodied cameras?
At the price point, you like silver, get it, you like black, get it. What
mature individual give a rats ass what anyone superficially thinks in this
regard?

Plenty of people consider the looks of a camera. Which is why they
said the E-300 was ugly, the peaked Sony mock-up pro camera is ugly,
etc. I'm not saying it's worth considering, but when you pay a fair
bit of money for a camera ($500+) you're going to at least glance at
its appearance.