Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/01/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Why is it important that the metal under the titanium plating is brass as opposed to zinc? Is there something special about brass? Is it some kind of super metal that originates from Superman's home world? Is it not a fairly common, cheap, not particulary hard metal? If the Titanium M6 IS made of titanium plated brass, it is probably because of the purely metallurgical problem of not being able to plate titanium over zinc easily. The same is true for the chrome versions of the lenses. Brass must be the underlying metal for the plating process to work. The end result is a camera (or lens) that is heavier than it has to be, but probably no more resistant to wrecking itself after falling onto a paved roadway. The Titanium M6 costs that much more than the regular M6 because the folks at Leica know that they can sell it at that higher price. Dan C.