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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Iansky" data-source="post: 645982" data-attributes="member: 9824">Hi Ken,Like you I also love the DF and here in the UK they are fairly rare but if found can be purchased for a good price used (I purchased mine in mint condition black with 13K actuations for £1300.00).The body top,rear and bottom plates are magnesium alloy and the rest is a rugged "plastic" the same as that used in all other Nikons made today - it is weather sealed and the dials / controls are all metal - It is a solid camera not a plastic feeling machine.I do personally feel that the silver version can look more plastic that the black version and it certainly is a better built camera than the D610 ( no offence made to any D610 owners)It is worth hunting around for a good quality used one after handling one ( the perception of a plastic camera will quickly fade).It is a dream to use if you enjoyed the old Nikon with manual dials and also tactile feedback and instant checking of settings even with the camera off and that D4/D4s sensor.............stunning!  The gripes about the AF are not valid and 39 focus points work fine (I tend to use the 9 point setting) for street / documentary  work and I know some use it for weddings - I have not tried it for sport as that is the domain of my D500 but it is certainly a sturdy camera well worth trying - beware as trying leads to buying<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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