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Old August 2nd 07, 12:38 AM posted to rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
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On Aug 1, 3:18 pm, "JoeT" wrote:
"RichA" wrote in message

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On Aug 1, 8:15 am, Randall Ainsworth wrote:


Another benefit of silver cameras, they stay cooler than black ones
when exposed to the sun.


Are you seriously saying you leave your camera lying around in the sun long
enough for UV exposure to become a greater heating issue than actual air
temperature?
Geesh man get a grip on something that resembles reality.


Do you ever walk around with a camera or do you keep it stashed in a
big bag until just before you shoot with it?
Or, does yours have it's own little umbrella to keep the sun off? A
dark car dash can reach 160 deg. F in the space of half and hour while
the air temp is considerably cooler.

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Old August 2nd 07, 12:39 AM posted to rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
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On Aug 1, 3:26 pm, (Paul Mitchum) wrote:
RichA wrote:
On Aug 1, 3:08 pm, (Paul Mitchum) wrote:
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.


http://www.dpreview.com/news/0706/07060101pentax50thdslr.asp


Better, but still silvered plastic. Sad, when you consider even the
lowliest Pentax SLR (K1000 $129.body when it left production) was metal
shelled.


Early K1000s were, but later ones had plastic tops.

--http://www.xoverboard.com/cartoons/2007/070416_argument.html


Uug, I didn't know that. But I can appreciate it given how low the
body price went.

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Old August 2nd 07, 12:42 AM posted to rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
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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.



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Old August 2nd 07, 12:45 AM posted to rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
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On Aug 1, 7:10 pm, Not Disclosed wrote:
RichA wrote:

Another benefit of silver cameras, they stay cooler than black ones
when exposed to the sun.


So silver plastic would be better than silver metal, as plastic doesn't
transmit heat as fast.


No, but it distorts more in the heat. Remember the Sony CCDs popping
off their cheap plastic backing about 2 years ago? Another recall
because of it.


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Old August 2nd 07, 02:32 AM posted to rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
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"frederick" wrote in message
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I'm with RichA on this. If you're taking photos of people, it does make a
difference as they won't take you seriously if you're obviously using a
silver camera that looks like a toy. You can dismiss this as fantasy if
you like, but you are wrong. If you aren't taking photos of people, then
it doesn't matter a rat's arse.



The reality is all dSLR's look like plastic as well as look alike these
days, so if that's the standard by which your professionalism is being
judged it matters not whether it looks like silver plastic or black. Hell
they even look like plastic in extreme close-up advertising photos!

John Q Public couldn't care less what color your camera body is as long as
the lenses you're using are suitably impressive. You're describing the
likely reaction when shooting a group of photographers, in which case your
biggest hurdle will likely be getting them to stop comparing gear long
enough to look in the general direction of your camera so you can grab a
shot!









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Old August 2nd 07, 02:51 AM posted to rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
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In article , JoeT
wrote:

Are you seriously saying you leave your camera lying around in the sun long
enough for UV exposure to become a greater heating issue than actual air
temperature?
Geesh man get a grip on something that resembles reality.


I'm pretty sure I know what he's got a grip on...
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Old August 2nd 07, 11:33 AM posted to rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
Chris Malcolm[_2_]
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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.

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Old August 2nd 07, 11:40 AM posted to rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
Chris Malcolm[_2_]
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JoeT wrote:

"RichA" wrote in message
ups.com...
On Aug 1, 8:15 am, Randall Ainsworth wrote:


Another benefit of silver cameras, they stay cooler than black ones
when exposed to the sun.


Are you seriously saying you leave your camera lying around in the sun long
enough for UV exposure to become a greater heating issue than actual air
temperature?


Congratulations on the post with the largest number of serious
scientific misconceptions in one sentence in 2007!

Geesh man get a grip on something that resembles reality.


How on earth would someone as far removed from reality as you be able
to tell? :-)

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Old August 2nd 07, 11:49 AM posted to rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
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On 2 Aug, 00:45, RichA wrote:
On Aug 1, 7:10 pm, Not Disclosed wrote:

RichA wrote:


Another benefit of silver cameras, they stay cooler than black ones
when exposed to the sun.


So silver plastic would be better than silver metal, as plastic doesn't
transmit heat as fast.


No, but it distorts more in the heat. Remember the Sony CCDs popping
off their cheap plastic backing about 2 years ago? Another recall
because of it.


No, but then I don't care.

Doc

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Old August 2nd 07, 05:27 PM posted to rec.photo.digital.slr-systems
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On Aug 2, 6:49 am, Dr Hfuhruhurr wrote:
On 2 Aug, 00:45, RichA wrote:

On Aug 1, 7:10 pm, Not Disclosed wrote:


RichA wrote:


Another benefit of silver cameras, they stay cooler than black ones
when exposed to the sun.


So silver plastic would be better than silver metal, as plastic doesn't
transmit heat as fast.


No, but it distorts more in the heat. Remember the Sony CCDs popping
off their cheap plastic backing about 2 years ago? Another recall
because of it.


No, but then I don't care.

Doc


I guess the question then is, why bother commenting at all?

 




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