Hey, Malcolm. That's really the way I am considering this REWIND FORK issue. I've seen many SLRs with problems on its metal rewind forks (including Nikons). Also seen NIKON SLRs with plastic rewind fork problems (NIKON F-100)... But never heard of such complains concerning CANON EOS PROs...
I'm really considering the type of plastic used as one of the possible answers for the EOSes PLASTIC REWIND FORK issue. Its well known that there are formulas of plastic composition that exceed many metal alloys in resistence... I'm not taking Ken as something like a photographic autority able to classify CANON EOS SYSTEM CAMERAS (he does not even use CANON, anyway...). But I think that in his "blah,blah,blabber" he stated something interesting to consider since I don't know enough (deeply) about CANON EOS PRO REWIND FORKS composition and construction to say: "Ok, its plastic made, but it is: 1) More sturdy than metal forks; 2) As sturdy as metal forks; 3) Less sturdy than metal forks. So Ken's comparative classification between METAL and PLASTIC forks: a) is total BS (according to (1)); b) is irrelevant (according to (2)); c) must be considered (according to (3)). " All I can tell you is that I've never had any rewind fork problems with my EOSes. I also have some Photojournalism pro friends that really beat the hell of their EOS equips and they tell me the same: no problems.. Also, in the photojournalim world there was this myth about NIKONs been INDESTRUCTIBLE... But I am not hearing it very much since EOS-1N... Marco. ----- Original Message ----- Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2003 1:45 PM Subject: Re: CANON EOS 1-V PRO or NOT? > There's different grades of plastic as well as different types of metal, so just > condemning something because it's plastic (without any further information) * **** ******* *********************************************************** * For list instructions, including unsubscribe, see: * http://www.a1.nl/phomepag/markerink/eos_list.htm ***********************************************************
