----- Original Message ----- From: "Jens Bladt" Subject: SV: *ist D was not production type :-(
> Hi > OK metal shells may be better. But I have a 11 years old Z1, (plastic > shell) - still working like the day i got it in 1992 - through thousinds of > rolls. What more would you expect from a diggie? You may have to buy a new > one every 2-4 years anyway, because technology evolves so (too) fast. I am still driving a 1995 car, my wife is driving a 1985 car. While the auto industry has surely evolved greatly, especially in the past 18 years, we have stayed with what we know. Why would a person automatically junk a camera every couple of years, just because something "better" (a vacuous justification at best) has come along? If the product serves you well when you buy it, it will probably still serve you well in a decade. Perhaps all the screw heads or manual focus camera users on this list know something you don't? Camera technology has surely passed these people by, but they continue to plod along making pictures that make them happy with very old technology equipment. Regarding plastic camera bodies, they may or may not be more rugged. I have seen more than enough plastic shelled SLR's that fell the wrong way and got seriously damaged. For myself, I still trust metal over plastic. William Robb
