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Another plastic body bites the dust
On Wed, 15 Sep 2010 20:53:59 -0700 (PDT), RichA
wrote: The Nikon D90 becomes the D7000, body goes from plastic to metal. Only the top and bottom plates. The rest is plastic. |
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Another plastic body bites the dust
On Thu, 16 Sep 2010 10:07:32 -0400, Bowser wrote:
On Wed, 15 Sep 2010 20:53:59 -0700 (PDT), RichA wrote: The Nikon D90 becomes the D7000, body goes from plastic to metal. Only the top and bottom plates. The rest is plastic. Doesn't look like that he From the dpreview preview: http://a.img-dpreview.com/news/1009/...Mgbody_2_l.jpg -- Andrew |
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Another plastic body bites the dust
On Fri, 17 Sep 2010 13:50:58 +0100, Bruce wrote:
Andrew Reilly wrote: On Thu, 16 Sep 2010 10:07:32 -0400, Bowser wrote: On Wed, 15 Sep 2010 20:53:59 -0700 (PDT), RichA wrote: The Nikon D90 becomes the D7000, body goes from plastic to metal. Only the top and bottom plates. The rest is plastic. Doesn't look like that he From the dpreview preview: http://a.img-dpreview.com/news/1009/...Mgbody_2_l.jpg Either way, it is a thin skin of magnesium/aluminum alloy over a polycarbonate body structure. It is to give people like RichA the illusion that they have a metal-bodied camera, when the trust is that they have a plastic-bodied camera with a thin metal shell glued to it. These magnesium alloy-shelled plastic-bodied cameras are a very long way from the metal body/metal chassis SLRs of the 1960s and 70s. But it is possible to fool some people all the time ... just cover up the plastic with some thin metal, and some people think you have a modern version of the Pentax Spotmatic or Nikon F. ;-) Yet structurally the combination might surpass the performance of both materials when used independently. This is why some car bodies and other items are constructed with a metal layer over plastics, and vice-versa, to make them nearly dent-proof with greater structural integrity. You all just love to assume so much about things with which you have no experience whatsoever. Then others equally ignorant mindlessly parrot it like they are some kind of now well-known facts. There should be a new word to define this behavior. Perhaps something like "blignorance". For the bliss attained while in a state of ignorance by psychotically assuming one is correct. These newsgroups are crawling wall-to-wall with people displaying this behavior. |
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Another plastic body bites the dust
On Fri, 17 Sep 2010 14:35:14 +0100, Bruce wrote:
Superzooms Still Win wrote: On Fri, 17 Sep 2010 13:50:58 +0100, Bruce wrote: Either way, it is a thin skin of magnesium/aluminum alloy over a polycarbonate body structure. It is to give people like RichA the illusion that they have a metal-bodied camera, when the trust is that they have a plastic-bodied camera with a thin metal shell glued to it. These magnesium alloy-shelled plastic-bodied cameras are a very long way from the metal body/metal chassis SLRs of the 1960s and 70s. But it is possible to fool some people all the time ... just cover up the plastic with some thin metal, and some people think you have a modern version of the Pentax Spotmatic or Nikon F. ;-) Yet structurally the combination might surpass the performance of both materials when used independently. This is why some car bodies and other items are constructed with a metal layer over plastics, and vice-versa, to make them nearly dent-proof with greater structural integrity. Agree 100%. I was just pointing out RichA's ridiculous assertions of the alleged superiority of all-metal construction, when it is in fact a very thin alloy skin over plastic. You all just love to assume so much about things with which you have no experience whatsoever. Then others equally ignorant mindlessly parrot it like they are some kind of now well-known facts. There should be a new word to define this behavior. Perhaps something like "blignorance". For the bliss attained while in a state of ignorance by psychotically assuming one is correct. These newsgroups are crawling wall-to-wall with people displaying this behavior. Why do you - repeatedly - have to spoil what could have been an intelligent and well-reasoned contribution to a discussion by obsessive personal attacks and insults that are so often misdirected? Perhaps you are equally as afraid of people agreeing with you as arguing with you. Not misdirected. The "you" in my above comment is being directed to all in these newsgroups. Hence, the "You all ..." opener. Worse than having someone disagree with you is having them agree with you. I neither want nor need anyone agreeing with me in life. There's nothing worse in the world than encouraging people into becoming just more mindless followers. I never assume something to be true just because people agree. This is precisely how I found out what total idiots write up the reviews at dpreview. Not to mention the supreme folly of "dslr superiority". By doing my own independent tests and not becoming just another mindless follower parroting the biased stupidity and ignorance of others--no matter how much of an "x-spurt" that they themselves or others might claim them to be. They could have twenty sheepskins on their wall and they still might be complete morons. I've met people like that during my travels in life. Only when I have removed all doubt, on my own, independently of all others, can I be 99% certain of what I claim. I welcome the person who might have the missing 1% to prove me wrong, so I am then forced to reconsider my near-certain assessment with further research. People with the intellect and experience capable of providing that missing 1% of information that could make me reconsider what I have discovered on my own are far and few between, nearly non-existent. "Belief is not the beginning but the end of all knowledge." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe I, for one, refuse to give up on knowledge by just assuming a belief that all others agree on, because it's so much more convenient for them that way. Their bliss of self-induced ignorance borne of lazy minds and spirits. |
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Another plastic body bites the dust
On 17/09/2010 16:07, Superzooms Still Win wrote:
"Belief is not the beginning but the end of all knowledge." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe I, for one, refuse to give up on knowledge by just assuming a belief that all others agree on, because it's so much more convenient for them that way. Their bliss of self-induced ignorance borne of lazy minds and spirits. So, before posting here, you have made sure that you can rebuild from plain sand and other minerals all the computers used to make your prose available here (starting with your own) as well rewrite all the necessary software and redemonstrate all the math involved... So where are your first posts in Morse code? -- Bertrand |
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Another plastic body bites the dust
On Fri, 17 Sep 2010 16:43:32 +0200, Ofnuts
wrote: On 17/09/2010 16:07, Superzooms Still Win wrote: "Belief is not the beginning but the end of all knowledge." - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe I, for one, refuse to give up on knowledge by just assuming a belief that all others agree on, because it's so much more convenient for them that way. Their bliss of self-induced ignorance borne of lazy minds and spirits. So, before posting here, you have made sure that you can rebuild from plain sand and other minerals all the computers used to make your prose available here (starting with your own) as well rewrite all the necessary software and redemonstrate all the math involved... So where are your first posts in Morse code? Oh look, a troll idiot assuming that just because it's software or a computer that it's always going to work just because you believe it will. Got any other pea-brained flea-bitten analogies that you can pull out of your ass? |
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Another plastic body bites the dust
On 16 Sep 2010 23:56:30 GMT, Andrew Reilly
wrote: On Thu, 16 Sep 2010 10:07:32 -0400, Bowser wrote: On Wed, 15 Sep 2010 20:53:59 -0700 (PDT), RichA wrote: The Nikon D90 becomes the D7000, body goes from plastic to metal. Only the top and bottom plates. The rest is plastic. Doesn't look like that he From the dpreview preview: http://a.img-dpreview.com/news/1009/...Mgbody_2_l.jpg My mistake, only the top and rear plates. It is NOT a fully metal construction. |
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Another plastic body bites the dust
On Fri, 17 Sep 2010 08:05:21 -0500, Superzooms Still Win
wrote: : Yet structurally the combination might surpass the performance of both : materials when used independently. This is why some car bodies and other : items are constructed with a metal layer over plastics, and vice-versa, : to make them nearly dent-proof with greater structural integrity. You : all just love to assume so much about things with which you have no : experience whatsoever. Then others equally ignorant mindlessly parrot : it like they are some kind of now well-known facts. There should be a : new word to define this behavior. Perhaps something like "blignorance". : For the bliss attained while in a state of ignorance by psychotically : assuming one is correct. These newsgroups are crawling wall-to-wall : with people displaying this behavior. Supy manages to work the term "psychotic" into virtually every post nowsdays. I wonder if it means that he's starting to listen to his headshrinker. Bob |
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