Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/10/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]BD Nope, the lenses were made of glass. The mounts were made of brass and/ or aluminium, with a titanium coating for cosmetic purposes. Jerry "B. D. Colen" wrote: > To say nothing of the titanium lenses for the M...like the old 35 > Summilux ASPH... > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Karen > Nakamura > Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 2:06 PM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] My Leica M digital solution > > >titanium is heavier than Aluminium. ... AFAIK the only sound > >engineering (rather than fashion/styling) use of titanium was in the > >syncromesh rings of Porsche 911 gearboxes where the high natural > >friction was used to good effect. > > What about the titanium shutter foil used in Nikon rangefinders, > Hasselblad 2000 series SLRs, and some others? > > Karen > > -- > Karen Nakamura > http://www.photoethnography.com/ClassicCameras/ > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html