Cameras snobs influence the market, say it ain't so!
RichA
Ray Fischer
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Snobs who say that anything made with plastic must be crap?
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Neil Harrington
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Interesting, though not too surprising. But I'm not sure which side are the
"camera snobs."
Charles
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Or plastic snobs.
Rich
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> RichA <rande...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1041&message=33985867
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> Snobs who say that anything made with plastic must be crap?
>
In a perfect world, having a metal-bodied camera wouldn't be considered
snobbery, it would be the NORMAL thing for everyone.
Dave's Not Here
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tungsten carbide steel....
Charles
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Ceramic plate vests are perhaps better >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
http://www.alibaba.com/product/tonykainth-11024579-10729069/Bullet_Proof_Vest_Ceramic_Plate.html
Ray Fischer
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>> Snobs who say that anything made with plastic must be crap?
>
>In a perfect world, having a metal-bodied camera wouldn't be considered
>snobbery, it would be the NORMAL thing for everyone.
The arrogant snob thinks that his uneducated beliefs are what
everybody should worship.
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RichA
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> > "Neil Harrington" <ne...@home.com> wrote in message
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> >>news:0450bf8d-cafb-48bd...@d21g2000yqn.googlegroups.com...
> >>>http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1041&message=33985867
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> >> Interesting, though not too surprising. But I'm not sure which side are
> >> the "camera snobs."
>
> > Or plastic snobs.
>
> Ask a cop who wears a Kevlar vest if he would prefer it to be made out of
> tungsten carbide steel....
In fact, metal plate is used as stronger protection than Kevlar which
(at best) will only stop some handgun rounds.
Ray Fischer
> "Dave's Not Here" <n...@none.invalid> wrote:
>> "Charles" <charlesschu...@comcast.net> wrote in message
>> >>>http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1041&message=33985867
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>> >> Interesting, though not too surprising. But I'm not sure which side are
>> >> the "camera snobs."
>>
>> > Or plastic snobs.
>>
>> Ask a cop who wears a Kevlar vest if he would prefer it to be made out of
>> tungsten carbide steel....
>
>In fact, metal plate is used as stronger protection than Kevlar which
>(at best) will only stop some handgun rounds.
Idiot. See if you can figure out why cops don't wear vests with 1/4
inch thick steel plates in them.
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Jeff R.
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> Ask a cop who wears a Kevlar vest if he would prefer it to be made out of
> tungsten carbide steel....
What's "tungsten carbide steel"?
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Jeff R.
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> HTH
Thanks anyway, but those links describe "tungsten carbide" and "steel".
I know what they are.
I want to know what "tungsten carbide steel" - as referenced - is.
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Bowser
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Trouble is, that Oly can't roduce shots as nice (technically) as the
least expensive Canon Rebel. And it's wicked slow.
That aside, anyone who draws that conclusion is a moron. Imagine if he
showed up with an M9? Is that "amateur" as well?
Jeff R.
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My humble apologies.
There *is* a Tungsten Carbide steel.
[hangs head in shame]
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David J. Littleboy
"Jeff R." <con...@this.ng> wrote:
> "Dave's Not Here" <no...@none.invalid> wrote:
>> Ask a cop who wears a Kevlar vest if he would prefer it to be made out of
>> tungsten carbide steel....
>
> What's "tungsten carbide steel"?
"A hard metal composition comprising 1-20 micron particles of tungsten
carbide uniformly dispersed in a high tungsten alloy steel matrix and having
a uniform surface hardness in excess of Rockwell C 55, obtained by addition
of pressed unsintred granules of tungsten carbide particles less than 325
mesh in size to molten steel in a ratio of 50-250 parts by weight of
tungsten carbide to 100 parts by weight of steel, the high tungsten alloy
steel matrix being produced by in situ decomposition of the tungsten carbide
added to the molten steel."
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David J. Littleboy
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RichA
> On Mon, 21 Dec 2009 10:04:22 +1100, "Jeff R." <cont...@this.ng> wrote:
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> >"Dave's Not Here" <n...@none.invalid> wrote in message
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> >> Ask a cop who wears a Kevlar vest if he would prefer it to be made out of
> >> tungsten carbide steel....
>
> >What's "tungsten carbide steel"?
>
No, it's from Monty Python:
"Toongston, carbide drill?! What the BLOOD HELL IS TOONGSTON, CARBIDE
DRILL??!!!
rwalker
>
>Thanks anyway, but those links describe "tungsten carbide" and "steel".
>I know what they are.
>
>I want to know what "tungsten carbide steel" - as referenced - is.
John McWilliams
Notice it's *unsintered* bits of tungsten carbide. Using sintered bits
is just not on......
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RichA
Well, sintered would mean an agglomeration of particles, likely they'd
be too large and delicate for the purpose (like drilling hard
substances) and they'd compromise the structural integrity of the
tool, so they'd go with individual particles. Much like when they
embed diamond particles in saw blades used to cut tile/concrete. BTW,
this ties back to plastic cameras that have particles of fiberglass or
some such material in them. It does nothing for structural integrity
of the body because the fibers are not interlinked in any way, just
mixed in. This puts to lie the idea that (for instance) a fighter
plane's composite srtucture and a cheap camera body have ANYTHING in
common as plastics.