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Why not a titanium body ?

Started Sep 11, 2020 | Discussions thread
xmeda
xmeda Senior Member • Posts: 1,899
Re: Why not a titanium body ?
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zakaria wrote:

what I want from Pentax:

a strong yet light "titanium" body like Fujifilm X Pro 3 or an aluminum body like K01 to keep the weight much lighter than stainless steel.

K7, K5, K3 all have aluminium alloy body

Titanium alloy body will be nice, but price of that body will increase drastically. Titanium alloy machining is expensive.

It is like difference between same wrist watch in stainless and titatnium alloy. While functionality is identical, price usually at least doubles. That camera body is much larger and complex, so i would expect something like $4000 for K3/KP type camera with titanium alloy body

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