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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pforsell" data-source="post: 616723" data-attributes="member: 7240">The most important part of the camera is the mirror box. It has to be strong and rigid. On the front of it there's the lens mount and on the back the sensor. No flexing or movement allowed there. On top of the mirror box is the focusing screen and prism and in the bottom the AF sensor. Again the box has to be strong and rigid. The rest of the camera? No matter if the knobs and buttons are gummed with blue tac on wooden sticks. Any thin shiny shells added on the outside of the camera is window dressing.But Nikon has made the right decision. The carbon fibre reinforced thermoplastic is stronger and lighter than magnesium, which is brittle.</blockquote>