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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. -- Regards, Eric Stevens |
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Metal better than "engineered" plastic bodies for high-end processing
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. -- Regards, Savageduck |
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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 |
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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. -- Regards, Eric Stevens Better still with silver, but there are practical limits, mostly cost/weight related. Beryllium, but don't touch it. geoff |
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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! -- Regards, Eric Stevens |
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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.... -- croy |
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