Gary Schloss wrote:
> DT> I think the new Aria matched with the 45, 50, or 35-70 will
> DT> make a great walking-around counterpoint to the RTSIII.
>
> I peeked at the Aria specs. They look almost identical to the
> current 167MT, with slightly upgraded electronics in a considerably
> lighter body -- 460g in Aria vs 700g in 167MT, and the 167MT already
> had a plastic top plate! Can you guess the trend? (I wonder, how
> does one spell "Cosina" in German? Kosina??? :-) )
Today I looked in the used camera window of a local shop. There was a
Canon A1 body with sligthly brassing. Hmm, brassing isn´t the rigth
word, underneath the black paint and a thin cooper layer was pure white
shining plastic!
How solid are the OM´s made! I think, even the cheapest OM-10 has a
metal top cover.
Richard
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