On Wed, May 04, 2005 at 09:31:21PM -0700, Alan Chan wrote: > --- "P. J. Alling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The MZ-S is supposed to have a rigid internal frame much like the *ist-D > > if I remember correctly, so let's see. Rigid inner metal support, > > plastic core, outer shell of titanium. Sounds like modern Tank armor to > > me. > > I don't know about that, I have never seen any picture indicates MZ-S has the > metal > frame like D/DS. I think D is the first Pentax body with such design. There > is no > practical difference whether to use metal or plastic mount if it was fastened > onto a > plastic structure. MZ-S carries this design (so to all other MZ/ZX). No doubt > the > mount will not be able to withstand the same stress as metal structure do, > just that > we don't know how much difference. But of course, being unable to handle the > same > amount of stress on the camera mount doesn't make the body itself less > durable. Just > that the mount itself will be a weak link.
I can attest, from first-hand experience, that a sufficiently hard impact will yank the lens mount clean out of a MZ-S body.
