Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/10/21

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: judicious use of plastics
From: DonjR43198@aol.com
Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 12:03:18 EDT

In a message dated 10/21/99 10:51:36 AM Central Daylight Time, 
bdcolen@earthlink.net writes:

<< Doug - When the NEXT Millenium dawns and archeologists are going through 
our
 garbage dumps, they will find infinitely more perfectly preserved plastic
 products and product parts than they will metal ones. This is not to say
 that I want a plastic Leica, but rather to note that some of today's
 plastics are stronger and lighter than most metals, and having plastic parts
 in a camera, or anything else for that matter, certainly doesn't mean what
 it did a few decades ago.
 
 B. D. >>
My experience with plastics, is that plastic parts are always breaking 
whether from improper design of the part or the material itself.  How many 
parts in the working parts of a Rolex are made of plastic?