On 26 Mar 2006 at 9:08, William Robb wrote: > Even if they weren't, there are manufacturing changes required to switch > from lead solder to silver solder. If Fuji didn't think they were going to > recoup the cost of change of manufacturing, then that would have left > Hasselblad with no camera to sell.
The solder is actually mainly Sn now, alloyed with a few percent Ag, it flows at a higher temp but it's not that different from the Pb/Sn solder process. I know as I have witnessed a friends production line switch over. Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://members.ozemail.com.au/~distudio/publications/ Pentax user since 1986, PDMLer since 1998
