Joseph, I haven't seen fake leatherette on a new Pentax camera in a long time. The K-5 is largely covered by plastic or a rubbery grip material. Here is what I see or feel. - right side grip rubbery from the front mirror box housing around to a 1/4 inch by 2 inch vertical metal strip with two phillips screws holding it on. - continuing on around to the plastic SD card door with rubber remote cover below it. - on the back we have more rubbery grip on the right side followed by plastic which carries the green button, AF button, LV button, 4 way buttons and OK button plus Info & Menu - the remainder of the back is the plastic LCD with plastic surround - the left side is the rubber door for DCin, PC/AV, & HDMI sockets and another thin vertical metal strip - the front left is again rubbery grip material up to the mirror box - the bottom is metal (aside from doors) and the flip-up flash is plastic. - the remaining top deck includes a big plastic picture window display and metal surround I am a bit confused as I forgot one time to let go of the grip and slammed the K-5 into the floor. The result sure looked like cracked plastic, but I guess it's not.(see picture)
https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-MoF-D85hHSg/UlxJKuwaMwI/AAAAAAAAMgQ/W3e1dhtDaEw/w506-h335/KSGP1459.jpg Anybody want to buy my slightly used K-5 (only 4,175 exposures) Regards, Bob S. On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 3:50 AM, Joseph McAllister <[email protected]> wrote: > You must be referring to the fake leatherette on most gripping surfaces. Just > touch the camera anywhere else and you can tell by the temperature it is > metal. > > Better yet, test your camera for zero degree operation sometime. Let it cold > soak for ten minutes. Then touch your tongue to anyplace that isn;t > "plastic". Call me and let me know how that worked out for ya. > > > On Oct 14, 2013, at 01:30 , Larry Colen wrote: > >> Yes.and that is skinned in plastic. >> >> Joseph McAllister <[email protected]> wrote: >>> The description of the K5 and K3 state that "Durable magnesium alloy >>> covers surround a rugged stainless steel chassis." > > > > > Joseph McAllister > [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
