Why current silver DSLRs make people want to vomit

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.

On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 21:38:43 -0700, RichA trolled:

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.

You really need to fade to black.

RichA wrote:
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.



Nikon also made the "FA" in silver or black. IIRC the black ones were
polycarbonate and better than the silver ones which were ABS. I had a
silver one - and it's the only plastic camera I've owned where the
plastic cracked. I should have bought the other plastic one.

In article 1185944004.981272@ftpsrv1, frederick wrote:
Nikon also made the "FA" in silver or black. IIRC the black ones were
polycarbonate and better than the silver ones which were ABS.

That's odd. Makes me wonder where the traces of brass on my FA come from.


--
That was it. Done. The faulty Monk was turned out into the desert where it
could believe what it liked, including the idea that it had been hard done
by. It was allowed to keep its horse, since horses were so cheap to make.
-- Douglas Adams in Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

Philip Homburg wrote:
In article 1185944004.981272@ftpsrv1, frederick wrote:
Nikon also made the "FA" in silver or black. IIRC the black ones were
polycarbonate and better than the silver ones which were ABS.

That's odd. Makes me wonder where the traces of brass on my FA come from.


Somewhere else?
Unless it's a gold one - painted black for security reasons, but the
lizard skin might give it away:
http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography...s/P1000888.jpg

Philip Homburg wrote:
In article 1185944004.981272@ftpsrv1, frederick wrote:

Nikon also made the "FA" in silver or black. IIRC the black ones were
polycarbonate and better than the silver ones which were ABS.


That's odd. Makes me wonder where the traces of brass on my FA come from.



If you rub down many silver-chrome plated polycarbonate body cameras,
the next layer which shows is copper (not true brass) because that is
how they are plated - a conductive copper alloy is coated on to the
plastic by a process akin to painting, and the chrome outer is then
plated on to the copper in a fairly thick layer. This can feel like
metal because it is metal, externally, but it's really a plated
polycarbonate.

David

In article ,
David Kilpatrick wrote:
If you rub down many silver-chrome plated polycarbonate body cameras,
the next layer which shows is copper (not true brass) because that is
how they are plated - a conductive copper alloy is coated on to the
plastic by a process akin to painting, and the chrome outer is then
plated on to the copper in a fairly thick layer. This can feel like
metal because it is metal, externally, but it's really a plated
polycarbonate.

Wow. Those engineers at Nikon are really something. They can build
plastic cameras like they are make out of metal. Very impressive.


--
That was it. Done. The faulty Monk was turned out into the desert where it
could believe what it liked, including the idea that it had been hard done
by. It was allowed to keep its horse, since horses were so cheap to make.
-- Douglas Adams in Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency

On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 21:38:43 -0700, RichA
wrote:

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.

The Hasselblad H3D cameras have a similar silver finish - I think it
looks classy.


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.

So are you saying that this silver finish is attractive? (This could
be a first, folks - a RichA redirection/misdirection maneuver in the
OP.)




Speaking of metal with a silver finish ... you're tin foil beanie
needs adjusting. And while some may try to convince you there is a
stigma associated with wearing one, don't let that dissuade you.

Remember: the shiny side should point out.


TR

TRoss wrote:
On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 21:38:43 -0700, RichA
wrote:

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.

The Hasselblad H3D cameras have a similar silver finish - I think it
looks classy.

It also doesn't heat up so much or so unevenly rapidly in the
sun. There's a good reason why those big telephotos are white.

--
Chris Malcolm DoD #205
IPAB, Informatics, JCMB, King's Buildings, Edinburgh, EH9 3JZ, UK
[http://www.dai.ed.ac.uk/homes/cam/]

In article .com,
RichA wrote:

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 don't you actually buy a camera so maybe you'll have half of a
clue?