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Is this what they call plastic fantastic? (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by mikes550@alien.top to c/photography@viewfinder.pro

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So yesterday I was in a value village and I see a camera bag sitting at the front counter, upon inspection it was a full kit with a minolta maxxum 5000, 4 lens, flash, filters, and manuals.

I've heard people throw the term plastic fantastic around here and there but never really heard it reference actual models, this is a plastic body camera and feels just as solid as my older slr cameras.

So would this be one of these plastic fantastic models or no?

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[–] howtokrew@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

They are plastic, but also fantastic.

My LCS owner and I messed around with a 7000 recently and it was a pleasure to use, the lenses are good, only problem is the batteries exploded in the grip and broke the camera after about half an hour of testing, so I didn't buy it lol.

Take from that what you will, but I've seen others work perfectly fine too.