Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/08/16

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Subject: [Leica] Corrosion on Rear Door of M?
From: vick.ko at sympatico.ca (Vick Ko)
Date: Tue Aug 16 19:25:21 2005

I saw it on an M5, which had black chrome on the finish.

The other odd finish that I have, on an R7, is Zeiss bumps on the rear
door.  

Regards,

Vick Ko



-----Original Message-----
From: lug-bounces+vick.ko=sympatico.ca@leica-users.org
[mailto:lug-bounces+vick.ko=sympatico.ca@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of
John O. Newell
Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 9:50 PM
To: Leica Users Group
Subject: [Leica] Corrosion on Rear Door of M?


I was looking at an unused but early M6 today.  The only exception to
its otherwise all-but-unused condition is what appears to be some
corrosion of the (aluminum?) back on the bottom border below the
leatherette.  The paint appears to be "bubbling up" but I expect it's
the aluminum corroding while the paint still adheres to the metal.  Has
anyone seen anything like this before?

John Newell