To: STR54 - R6 body paint Resilience
STR54 wrote:
The more I see...the more I want. Good to know the body has not suffered the scuffing/smudging/scratching issues as mentioned in another post. .... Looks like spring in your part of the world.
Mike
Hi Mike,
I saw that post about the R5 suffering terrible paint & rubber loss.... and it gave me the chills because I'm concerned that Canon changed their coating methods for the R5/R6 after seeing the damage that author encountered. Whilst it's too early to be certain that this was a one-off, I can say that my R6 body came in contact with paper, metal, leather, wetsuit rubber, rings, plants, a tree, a stainless steel watch, 7 different wooden tables, my M6 camera and also the Peak Design metal (aluminium) mounting panel on the ProPad belt mount that I was wearing. None of these impacts were particularly hard. These impacts were light and I was careful not to abuse the camera. But I see no sign of wear, marks or damage to the camera's body surfaces. I even dropped lime-chili sauce onto the rear of the LCD screen ... which was a little harder to remove than I thought it would be due to the slight "powder-coating" texture on the camera surfaces. I'll be watching very closely to see if any damage occurs in future.
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Indeed it is spring here. Those Cherry Blossoms bloomed a week earlier than usual. Tomorrow is the first day of spring in Australia. I'm located near Sydney. Normally Canon tend to release and ship new cameras during our pre-winter rainy season so this is a pleasant change. I sure hope we're not subjected to more horrific fires again this year.
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Regards,
Marco Nero.