Boy, does Canon build 'em cheap!

On Feb 15, 9:35 am, "Yoshi" <otakud... DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote:
> On 15 Feb, 02:57, RichA <rander3... DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote:
> As substantive as a rice cake.
>
>
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> >>http://www.pbase.com/franklin/300d_autopsy
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> > Just like your posts and arguments and opinions and everything
> > else......
>
> Rich, I posted this a day earlier in rec.photo.digital. I wanted to see if
> you would use it in your quixotic battle against plastic cameras. As usual,
> you are totally predictable.
>
> Yoshi

As are Canon buyers.
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On 15 Feb, 02:57, RichA <rander3... DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote:
As substantive as a rice cake.
>>
>> http://www.pbase.com/franklin/300d_autopsy
>
> Just like your posts and arguments and opinions and everything
> else......
>

Rich, I posted this a day earlier in rec.photo.digital. I wanted to see if
you would use it in your quixotic battle against plastic cameras. As usual,
you are totally predictable.

Yoshi
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On Feb 15, 1:52 pm, l v <veatc....DeleteThis@yahoo.com> wrote:
> RichA wrote:
> > On Feb 15, 9:35 am, "Yoshi" <otakud....DeleteThis@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> On 15 Feb, 02:57, RichA <rander3....DeleteThis@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> As substantive as a rice cake.
>
> >>>>http://www.pbase.com/franklin/300d_autopsy
> >>> Just like your posts and arguments and opinions and everything
> >>> else......
> >> Rich, I posted this a day earlier in rec.photo.digital. I wanted to see if
> >> you would use it in your quixotic battle against plastic cameras. As usual,
> >> you are totally predictable.
>
> >> Yoshi
>
> > As are Canon buyers.
>
> As are Google Group posters.
>
> --
>
> Len

Hey! Been a long time, what was it in the 1990s, AOL posters??
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RichA wrote:
> On Feb 15, 9:35 am, "Yoshi" <otakud... DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 15 Feb, 02:57, RichA <rander3... DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote:
>> As substantive as a rice cake.
>>
>>
>>
>>>> http://www.pbase.com/franklin/300d_autopsy
>>> Just like your posts and arguments and opinions and everything
>>> else......
>> Rich, I posted this a day earlier in rec.photo.digital. I wanted to see if
>> you would use it in your quixotic battle against plastic cameras. As usual,
>> you are totally predictable.
>>
>> Yoshi
>
> As are Canon buyers.

As are Google Group posters.

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Len
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On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:57:23 -0800 (PST), RichA <rander3127 RemoveThis @gmail.com> wrote:
: As substantive as a rice cake.

Right you are. Rice cakes are very stiff, with a high strength-to-weight
ratio. Much like the light, strong plastic bodies of many Canon cameras. I'm
surprised you noticed. Maybe there's hope for you yet.

Bob
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On Feb 17, 4:11 pm, Robert Coe <b....DeleteThis@1776.COM> wrote:
> On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:57:23 -0800 (PST), RichA <rander3....DeleteThis@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> : As substantive as a rice cake.
>
> Right you are. Rice cakes are very stiff, with a high strength-to-weight
> ratio. Much like the light, strong plastic bodies of many Canon cameras. I'm
> surprised you noticed. Maybe there's hope for you yet.
>
> Bob

Do rice cakes squeek and creak when you apply any pressure to grip
them? I know a rice cake is easier to hold than a Rebel.
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On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 21:34:52 -0800 (PST), RichA <rander3127.DeleteThis@gmail.com> wrote:
: On Feb 17, 4:11 pm, Robert Coe <b....DeleteThis@1776.COM> wrote:
: > On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:57:23 -0800 (PST), RichA <rander3....DeleteThis@gmail.com> wrote:
: >
: > : As substantive as a rice cake.
: >
: > Right you are. Rice cakes are very stiff, with a high strength-to-weight
: > ratio. Much like the light, strong plastic bodies of many Canon cameras.
: > I'm surprised you noticed. Maybe there's hope for you yet.
: >
: > Bob
:
: Do rice cakes squeek and creak when you apply any pressure to grip
: them? I know a rice cake is easier to hold than a Rebel.

That may be true if, say, you have two left hands. But my wife and I (who are
not thus afflicted) have no trouble at all holding onto our XTi's.

Bob
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On Feb 18, 10:25 am, Robert Coe <b... DeleteThis @1776.COM> wrote:
> On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 21:34:52 -0800 (PST), RichA <rander3... DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote:
>
> : On Feb 17, 4:11 pm, Robert Coe <b... DeleteThis @1776.COM> wrote:
> : > On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 18:57:23 -0800 (PST), RichA <rander3... DeleteThis @gmail.com> wrote:
> : >
> : > : As substantive as a rice cake.
> : >
> : > Right you are. Rice cakes are very stiff, with a high strength-to-weight
> : > ratio. Much like the light, strong plastic bodies of many Canon cameras.
> : > I'm surprised you noticed. Maybe there's hope for you yet.
> : >
> : > Bob
> :
> : Do rice cakes squeek and creak when you apply any pressure to grip
> : them? I know a rice cake is easier to hold than a Rebel.
>
> That may be true if, say, you have two left hands. But my wife and I (who are
> not thus afflicted) have no trouble at all holding onto our XTi's.
>
> Bob

I wouldn't have a problem either, if I were a circus midget.
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"Robert Coe" <bob.RemoveThis@1776.COM> wrote in message
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> That may be true if, say, you have two left hands. But my wife and I (who
> are
> not thus afflicted) have no trouble at all holding onto our XTi's.
>
> Bob

This RichA person seems to have trouble holding on to reality and sanity.
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On Mon, 18 Feb 2008 15:18:22 -0500, "rwalker" <rwalker.DeleteThis@despammed.com> wrote:
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: > That may be true if, say, you have two left hands. But my wife and I
: > (who are not thus afflicted) have no trouble at all holding onto our
: > XTi's.
: >
: > Bob
:
: This RichA person seems to have trouble holding on to reality and sanity.

He's the newsgroup's resident clown. If he didn't exist, we might have had to
invent him.

Bob
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On Feb 18, 3:18 pm, "rwalker" <rwal... RemoveThis @despammed.com> wrote:
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> > That may be true if, say, you have two left hands. But my wife and I (who
> > are
> > not thus afflicted) have no trouble at all holding onto our XTi's.
>
> > Bob
>
> This RichA person seems to have trouble holding on to reality and sanity.

Canon owner.
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On Feb 18, 5:29 pm, Robert Coe <b... RemoveThis @1776.COM> wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Feb 2008 15:18:22 -0500, "rwalker" <rwal... RemoveThis @despammed.com> wrote:
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> : "Robert Coe" <b... RemoveThis @1776.COM> wrote in message
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> : snip
> : >
> : > That may be true if, say, you have two left hands. But my wife and I
> : > (who are not thus afflicted) have no trouble at all holding onto our
> : > XTi's.
> : >
> : > Bob
> :
> : This RichA person seems to have trouble holding on to reality and sanity.
>
> He's the newsgroup's resident clown. If he didn't exist, we might have had to
> invent him.
>
> Bob


Canon owner.
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RichA wrote:

>> http://www.pbase.com/franklin/300d_autopsy

Cool. Looks well-made and well-engineered to me.

> Do rice cakes squeek and creak when you apply any pressure to grip
> them? I know a rice cake is easier to hold than a Rebel.

Modern plastic bodies have proven quite durable. They're
easier to carry than metal bodies, and of course the pictures
come out the same either way.

What went wrong with that camera had nothing to do with the
plastic body.


I'm not convinced that the camera had to be scrapped. Once
it's taken apart, one might un-bend the pins well enough to
permanently mount a large CF card.


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