[LargeFormat] Toyo 45CF

[Clive Warren]

At 12:58 pm +0200 9/7/02, Alex Le Heux wrote:
>On Tue, Jul 09, 2002 at 11:55:15AM +0100, Clive Warren wrote:
>>
>>  The camera IS plastic! It is not made from Carbon Fibre. Agree with
>>  all you said about CF being an excellent material.
>
>The various Toyo website mention carbon fiber, so naturally I assumed it
>was. Actually, I think LF is long overdue for some proper CF kit...
>
>>  Ah! Another biker :-) Do you have one of those wonderful Ducatis?
>
>Close enough :) I've got one of those wonderful Aprilia RSVs. Amazing
>machines, makes even simple me feel like I'm Nori Haga...
>
>Cheers,
>
>Alex
>

Alex,

Thanls for the additional information. I just checked the Toyo 
website - hmmmm.... quite happy to admit I may be wrong on this one, 
it states "Utilizing lightweight Polycarbonate/carbon-fiber material" 
Now what this means in terms of which bits of the camera are made 
from CF I have no idea.....

Given the price of carbon fibre materials and the asking price of the 
camera, it seems very unlikely that the whole camera is made from CF.

As for bikes, oh those Italians! They'll put more of a dent in your 
wallet than cameras but it's probably worth it...

Cheers,
        Clive