This will be an ongoing discussion. I love metal bodied instruments,
but plastic is a too generalized word, just like metal. The 3Ti has a
titanium shell, but also many plastic parts inside.
The plastics of today are amazing. I trust the product designers,
Olympus has a very good record with plastics,
the 50-250 was plastic, the late 50mm f1.8 is plastic, the 35-70
f3.5-4.5 was plastic, the OM-10, 20 etc cover was plastic, the mju's,
the AF-1,
etcetera.
I also think it is irrational to mount a 300mm or 50-200 to any body
with handling by just the body alone.
Plastic is fantastic :) Meta
Iwert
2009/6/23 Dawid Loubser <dawidl@xxxxxxxxxxx>:
> There is a raging debate on DPReview about the E-P1 and the lenses
> being constructed entirely of plastic. See the pictorial disassmebly
> of the E-P1 here:
>
> http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1000&message=32207680
>
> What is your take on this? I don't have particularly strong feelings
> about this -
> all the cameras I currently use are entirely made of metal, and of
> course feel
> very nice, but what bothers me is the sad attempt at hiding it by
> putting a thin
> layer of metal on an otherwise entire made-of-plastic lens and camera.
>
> This, to me, is like the new MINI Cooper S, which has an "air intake"
> on the bonnet, but
> this air intake is completely blocked off (and probably actually
> decreases aerodynamic
> efficiency" all because the previous model, which had a supercharger,
> needed this cooling intake.
> I can't stand fakery like this, it always exists to hide a less-than-
> innovative product.
>
> Is this not the same? Instead of innovating, is Olympus not just
> paying homage to
> the previous model with this thin veneer, instead of really innovating
> and building
> a special product?
>
> As I said, I have no strong feelings, but what do you guys feel?
>
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