Re:Metal Vs Plastic (Score 1)

It's been said the difference between metal and plastic is negligible, where if dropped metal will dent and plastic may only chip. However if a magnesium alloy body and a plastic body were dropped at equal forces it'd either chip the plastic body and dent the magnesium body or shatter the plastic body and do little or nothing to the magnesium body.

I back you on the "feel" argument, though, for my film bodies I prefer my Elan II (mostly plastic, not entirely) over an Elan 7 (all plastic) for reasons of overall feel and weight. A lot of this also has to do with weight, I don't like really light camera bodies, I don't feel as connected to the equipment (as strange as that may sound) without the weight.