Posted by nappy on 07/11/07 23:24

> after research i'm doing the canon HV 20 (even though the body is
> plastic and cheap looking), plus i don't have the time to educate
> myself on every possible manual control.
>
> I am so tired of these japs and chinese making absolute junk. If your
> going to use plastic, use a black colored plastic instead of this
> cheaply coated silver stuff that scratches off and reveals a whitish
> looking plastic. The paint they put on these cameras can't take the
> oil from our hands. For example, when i was young i bought sony's
> portable cd player it was solid black plastic with no paint. Its
> still the same black today.
>
> Question: Where are all the german camcorders? What happened to the
> germans. I'm not a little girl i don't need a 1.5 pound camera made
> of plastic, i want a big hunk of metal that i feel like will last half
> my life.
>
>
>
jesus man.. I just asked which camcorder you went with!

:)

all kidding aside. The cost of plastic cases outweighs the need for
durability. Or even a decent finish.
They probably figure that the guts of the camera will last just about as
long as the case.

I don't own any cameras in that range so I can't comment on them
specifically.

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