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Old July 16th 20, 05:30 AM posted to rec.photo.digital
Eric Stevens
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Default Metal better than "engineered" plastic bodies for high-end processing

On Tue, 14 Jul 2020 21:24:10 -0700 (PDT), RichA
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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.
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Old July 16th 20, 06:55 AM posted to rec.photo.digital
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Default Metal better than "engineered" plastic bodies for high-end processing

On Jul 15, 2020, Eric Stevens wrote
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On Tue, 14 Jul 2020 21:24:10 -0700 (PDT),
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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.

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Old July 16th 20, 09:44 AM posted to rec.photo.digital
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Default 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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Old July 16th 20, 09:45 AM posted to rec.photo.digital
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Default 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.
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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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Old July 16th 20, 10:56 AM posted to rec.photo.digital
Eric Stevens
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Default Metal better than "engineered" plastic bodies for high-end processing

On Wed, 15 Jul 2020 22:55:56 -0700, Savageduck
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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!
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Eric Stevens
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Old July 16th 20, 05:41 PM posted to rec.photo.digital
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Default 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....

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