Why not carbon fiber camera bodies?

8 years 11 months ago #438507 by KenMan
Why isn't anyone making carbon fiber camera bodies?


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8 years 11 months ago #438513 by effron
Is there a reason someone should?

Why so serious?
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8 years 11 months ago #438539 by Robert Chen
I don't see the need for this, seems like it might conduct vibrations more. 

Nikon D300 24-70mm f2.8
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8 years 11 months ago #438556 by KenMan

effron wrote: Is there a reason someone should?



Weight and conducting and retaining heat 


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8 years 11 months ago #438601 by Conner
Aren't those 'Red' cameras made from Carbon Fiber?


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8 years 11 months ago #438622 by Jorge Abril
Why mess with a good thing already?  Carbon fiber would not reach a large enough market to justify having.  


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8 years 11 months ago #438685 by Patrick G
:agree:   It would be just extra cost 


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8 years 11 months ago #438925 by Rob Conley
It would look cool, but not practical.  Think about the extra tooling the manufactures would have to take and the extra cost.  


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8 years 11 months ago #438956 by Joves
:agree:
The molding in itself would be a nightmare since you are limited in the amount of machining you can do to CF without compromising the piece. With metal, and plastics you can machine them a lot, which is what they do. CF has to be molded to its shape for the most part, with only trimming being the final part. CF is exactly like working with fiberglass, great for some shapes, and terrible for others. I have worked with both.


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8 years 11 months ago #438975 by Garbo
:goodpost:

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