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<blockquote data-quote="Whiskeyman" data-source="post: 370658" data-attributes="member: 13556">Jake,&nbsp; I get your point.&nbsp; It makes me wonder where else corners are cut, like did they also go with a cheaper component inside the camera or lens&nbsp; that I'll end up paying a whole lot more for later?&nbsp; I seem to remember my dad asking about the same when I bought my first Nikon, an FM.&nbsp; It had the protector, but it was nowhere like the one that came with his Minolta (or was it a Mimaya?) that completely covered the&nbsp; top of the hot shoe rails, as well.Pretzel, I get where you're going with corporations getting cheap, but I've also got&nbsp; to put some of the blame on consumers, as well.&nbsp; How many people shop on price alone, and will buy a piece of junk to save a penny?&nbsp;&nbsp; Maybe it's our throw-away society with the attention span of a fruit fly's life that allows this to happen, but the majority of consumers just don't care.&nbsp; Which is troubling.WM</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Whiskeyman, post: 370658, member: 13556"] Jake, I get your point. It makes me wonder where else corners are cut, like did they also go with a cheaper component inside the camera or lens that I'll end up paying a whole lot more for later? I seem to remember my dad asking about the same when I bought my first Nikon, an FM. It had the protector, but it was nowhere like the one that came with his Minolta (or was it a Mimaya?) that completely covered the top of the hot shoe rails, as well. Pretzel, I get where you're going with corporations getting cheap, but I've also got to put some of the blame on consumers, as well. How many people shop on price alone, and will buy a piece of junk to save a penny? Maybe it's our throw-away society with the attention span of a fruit fly's life that allows this to happen, but the majority of consumers just don't care. Which is troubling. WM [/QUOTE]

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