Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/06/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]User Surachai V. at UNESCAP4 is not defined Original text follows ---------------------------------------------- Received: from gatekeeper5.un.org by mail-in2.un.org (SMTPLINK V2.11.01) ; Wed, 11 Jun 97 06:22:57 EST Return-Path: <owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Received: by gatekeeper5.un.org; id AA264623933; Wed, 11 Jun 1997 06:12:13 -0400 Received: from mejac.palo-alto.ca.us(192.147.236.1) by gatekeeper5.un.org via smap (V3.1) id xma026294; Wed, 11 Jun 97 06:07:02 -0400 Received: by mejac.palo-alto.ca.us id AA16225; Wed, 11 Jun 97 01:47:10 -0700 Received: by mejac.palo-alto.ca.us id AA16219; Wed, 11 Jun 97 01:47:05 -0700 Received: from komvux210.skola.mark.se ([194.71.246.216]) by mail.skola.mark.se (8.7.6/8.6.9) with SMTP id IAA31715 for <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>; Wed, 11 Jun 1997 08:47:00 GMT Message-Id: <339EE4BD.F2A@skola.mark.se> Date: Wed, 11 Jun 1997 10:47:41 -0700 From: HP <hp635@skola.mark.se> Organization: Komvux i Mark X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.0Gold (Win95; I; 16bit) Mime-Version: 1.0 To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: Black or Chrome? References: <01BC75E9.77C28DC0@kirk01-23.accessone.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Precedence: bulk Reply-To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us I think the black chrome wears very well with time. It gets a bit mated over the years, and the early Wetzlar M6:s, without anti scrap protection usually show wear above the strap lugs. You will see the zink shining through. But the black chrome wears MUCH better than the M2-M3-M4 black paint. The first batches of M2-M3 black paint were of poor paint quality. I had a 1958 black M2 that was almost totally brass. Later batches were much better in paint quality, but most users bodies show brass shining through on all edges.=20 But don=B4t worry, you will never wear off the black chrome, unless you really scratch it with a hard object. Both chrome and black M2-M3-M4 are usually more or less scratched on the top plate, because of the MR-meters. Here is a tip if you want to avoid this: I always put the by now famous black electrical tape at the bottom of the MR4-meter, and voila -No scratches! It is a pity for many M2-M3-M4 bodies that so few did this earlier... /Hans