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Another vile trend with DSLRs
I never though the curse of plastic bodies would have a peer, but low and
behold, one appears. What is it? The trend of not providing $0.05 worth of rubber for the camera grip. Canon's D1000 (a recent Canon cost-cutting effort) has a grip, no rubber added, just (yeesh!) "textured plastic" like a grip on a child's dimestore toy gun. I'd have expected this of Canon, but now Nikon releases a $1000+ body, the D90 suffering with the same curse! Imagine, you've paid $1000 for an otherwise good DSLR with some great features, like the 900k LCD display only to find out there is no real rubber (or even fake rubber) around the grip, it's just the same plastic the camera body is made of. Word to the wise, be careful when holding it if your hands sweat, it could end up on the pavement. |
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Another vile trend with DSLRs
"RichA" wrote in message ... I never though the curse of plastic bodies would have a peer, but low and behold, one appears. What is it? The trend of not providing $0.05 worth of rubber for the camera grip. Canon's D1000 (a recent Canon cost-cutting effort) has a grip, no rubber added, just (yeesh!) "textured plastic" like a grip on a child's dimestore toy gun. I'd have expected this of Canon, but now Nikon releases a $1000+ body, the D90 suffering with the same curse! Imagine, you've paid $1000 for an otherwise good DSLR with some great features, like the 900k LCD display only to find out there is no real rubber (or even fake rubber) around the grip, it's just the same plastic the camera body is made of. Word to the wise, be careful when holding it if your hands sweat, it could end up on the pavement. I agree. DSLRs are heavy enough to warrant a no-slip grip. They just feel better too. Another word to the wise: handle 'em fore ye buy 'em. |
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Another vile trend with DSLRs
Charles wrote:
"RichA" wrote in message ... I never though the curse of plastic bodies would have a peer, but low and behold, one appears. What is it? The trend of not providing $0.05 worth of rubber for the camera grip. Canon's D1000 (a recent Canon cost-cutting effort) has a grip, no rubber added, just (yeesh!) "textured plastic" like a grip on a child's dimestore toy gun. I'd have expected this of Canon, but now Nikon releases a $1000+ body, the D90 suffering with the same curse! Imagine, you've paid $1000 for an otherwise good DSLR with some great features, like the 900k LCD display only to find out there is no real rubber (or even fake rubber) around the grip, it's just the same plastic the camera body is made of. Word to the wise, be careful when holding it if your hands sweat, it could end up on the pavement. I agree. DSLRs are heavy enough to warrant a no-slip grip. They just feel better too. Another word to the wise: handle 'em fore ye buy 'em. Is the moulding like the D70 though? In that case the front moulding, including the grip has a textured, slightly soft and more grippy surface than the rest of the body. Not as soft and grippy as my D300, but I used the D70 with some heavy lenses for about 4 years and never dropped it. The "D70" label wasn't sunscreen resistant though - it's now a blank. The cost wouldn't be in the rubber, but in the extra steps in a production line to fit it. |
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Another vile trend with DSLRs
"Me" wrote in message
... Charles wrote: "RichA" wrote in message ... I never though the curse of plastic bodies would have a peer, but low and behold, one appears. What is it? The trend of not providing $0.05 worth of rubber for the camera grip. Canon's D1000 (a recent Canon cost-cutting effort) has a grip, no rubber added, just (yeesh!) "textured plastic" like a grip on a child's dimestore toy gun. I'd have expected this of Canon, but now Nikon releases a $1000+ body, the D90 suffering with the same curse! Imagine, you've paid $1000 for an otherwise good DSLR with some great features, like the 900k LCD display only to find out there is no real rubber (or even fake rubber) around the grip, it's just the same plastic the camera body is made of. Word to the wise, be careful when holding it if your hands sweat, it could end up on the pavement. I agree. DSLRs are heavy enough to warrant a no-slip grip. They just feel better too. Another word to the wise: handle 'em fore ye buy 'em. Is the moulding like the D70 though? In that case the front moulding, including the grip has a textured, slightly soft and more grippy surface than the rest of the body. Not as soft and grippy as my D300, but I used the D70 with some heavy lenses for about 4 years and never dropped it. The "D70" label wasn't sunscreen resistant though - it's now a blank. The cost wouldn't be in the rubber, but in the extra steps in a production line to fit it. ....and I was praising Maxwell House for putting a rubberized top on their jars of instant coffee. No slip, all grip, and much easier to open (especially the first time). I thought that ranked as Innovation of the Year. Perhaps we could have Maxwell House's R&D people talk to the camera makers. dwight |
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Another vile trend with DSLRs
"RichA" wrote in message ... I never though the curse of plastic bodies would have a peer, but low and behold, one appears. What is it? The trend of not providing $0.05 worth of rubber for the camera grip. Canon's D1000 (a recent Canon cost-cutting effort) has a grip, no rubber added, just (yeesh!) "textured plastic" like a grip on a child's dimestore toy gun. I'd have expected this of Canon, but now Nikon releases a $1000+ body, the D90 suffering with the same curse! Imagine, you've paid $1000 for an otherwise good DSLR with some great features, like the 900k LCD display only to find out there is no real rubber (or even fake rubber) around the grip, it's just the same plastic the camera body is made of. Word to the wise, be careful when holding it if your hands sweat, it could end up on the pavement. And make sure the strap is around your neck! |
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Another vile trend with DSLRs
I have been a photographer for over 50 years and I have never used a camera
without the strap around my neck or without having a hand strap attached. I one uses a hand strap then there is no problem. I do not understand why this is a topic for posting to a newsgroup and why it is a vile trend with DSLR not to have rubber on the grip. Its been this way for years with certain brands of cameras. Enough said. "R. Mark Clayton" wrote in message ... "RichA" wrote in message ... I never though the curse of plastic bodies would have a peer, but low and behold, one appears. What is it? The trend of not providing $0.05 worth of rubber for the camera grip. Canon's D1000 (a recent Canon cost-cutting effort) has a grip, no rubber added, just (yeesh!) "textured plastic" like a grip on a child's dimestore toy gun. I'd have expected this of Canon, but now Nikon releases a $1000+ body, the D90 suffering with the same curse! Imagine, you've paid $1000 for an otherwise good DSLR with some great features, like the 900k LCD display only to find out there is no real rubber (or even fake rubber) around the grip, it's just the same plastic the camera body is made of. Word to the wise, be careful when holding it if your hands sweat, it could end up on the pavement. And make sure the strap is around your neck! |
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Another vile trend with DSLRs
RichA wrote:
Which begs the question, why on Dpreview do some think it'll be a good thing when every brick and mortar retailer is replaced by internet purchases? Unless something is done about the sales tax avoidance issue, we're certainly heading that way. Now Arnie is proposing increasing the California sales tax by 1.5% to help close the budget gap, so the sales tax would be as high as 10%. A bad idea to increase the most regressive type of tax. |
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Another vile trend with DSLRs
SMS wrote:
RichA wrote: Which begs the question, why on Dpreview do some think it'll be a good thing when every brick and mortar retailer is replaced by internet purchases? Unless something is done about the sales tax avoidance issue, we're certainly heading that way. Now Arnie is proposing increasing the California sales tax by 1.5% to help close the budget gap, so the sales tax would be as high as 10%. A bad idea to increase the most regressive type of tax. In purchasing my a900 out of province, I avoided $236 in Quebec VAT. In paying by cheque, I got a small additional savings ($45). I gave my local camera stores (4) a chance to match final price (or at least put up a good fight) but they couldn't get there. The above more that paid for an 8 GB Extr. III card... maybe should have bought a 16 Mpix card... -- -- r.p.e.35mm user resource: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpe35mmur.htm -- r.p.d.slr-systems: http://www.aliasimages.com/rpdslrsysur.htm -- [SI] gallery & rulz: http://www.pbase.com/shootin -- e-meil: Remove FreeLunch. -- usenet posts from gmail.com and googlemail.com are filtered out. |
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Another vile trend with DSLRs
On Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:41:38 -0000, R. Mark Clayton wrote:
Word to the wise, be careful when holding it if your hands sweat, it could end up on the pavement. And make sure the strap is around your neck! That's not always the wisest decision. http://gallery.me.com/felix.mayr/100031/lilly.jpg And now for the rest of the story . . . http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/re...ssage=30015853 |
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