You could well be right. Perhaps Ti would not protect the innards of a 4Ti
much better than brass. However I think it would. Leaving aside the use
of Ti as armour on tanks and in the A10 aircraft, I have two pairs of
glasses with Ti frames. The frames are both over 10 years old now and they
had a lifetime waranty when I purchased them. They have recieved quite a
bit of abuse over the years and it doesn't look like I will ever get to try
out the warranty.
I believe the main circuit for the 3 and 4Ti is just underneath the top
cover. The same goes for a Nikon FG, only it has a plastic top cover which
when impacted, deforms and smashes the circuit. The same goes for the
electrical connections and stuff underneath the bottom cover (also
plastic) of the FG. A 20-30cm fall onto gravel, impacting the bottom
plate, was enough to kill my FG. It might sound as if I am careless with
my cameras but the top cover damage was inflicted by someone I lent it to.
Mea Culpa for the second minor fall.
I am glad to say I have not dropped my 4Ti, and hope I never do. However,
I recall a little while ago when this argument about the pointlesness of Ti
cropped up someone related how their 4Ti fell on to a road from a moving
truck and proceeded to work flawlessly for the next 10 years.
I have no argument about the ruggedness of older OM's at all, I just think
Ti is icing on the cake and an obvious extension of Olympus' efforts to
build a tough and reliable camera.
Giles
>but aside from strength to weight ratios I'm not convinced
>that titanium "protects" things any better in a camera body, we're not
>talking F1 racing engine connecting rods here after all. If an older OM
>body gets bashed hard enough to damage it internally do you really think
>that titanium would make much of a difference? IMO, older OMs are pretty
>darn RUGGED, Robust, have excellent build quality, with a high degree of
>reliability.
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