Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The old brass lenses with chrome plating have a look and feel which is simply superb. I will miss them. Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: "Didier Ludwig" <rangefinder@screengang.com> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 6:48 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] was: 20d/d70/rd1 now: black or chrome >I prefer black cameras and lenses because good guys wear black :-) > But black anodizing is in fact much cheaper to produce and offers less > protection than nickeling and chroming, which, OTOH, makes the lenses > significantly heavier. > Didier > > >>No flak, >>IMO, I always thought a chrome lens on a black camera looked out of place, >>and on a chrome camera a black lens looks better. It's not as if a chrome >>lens works better. Chrome is just a tradition at Leica, which already went >>wrong with chrome lenses for the first Leicaflex. >>Sticking to such traditions is what has got them where they are today. >>Douglas >>Who still remembers the days when you had to pay extra for black, >>"Professional", cameras. >> >> >>red735i@earthlink.net wrote: >>>They just do not listen to good advice. at least not to date. Maybe >>>being on the verge of disaster will force them to do the obvious..... >>>The new CEO at least started on the right foot by killing off chrome >>>lenses ( and now I diuck to avoid the flack ...) >>>Frank Filippone > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >