Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/09/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If I'm not mistaken, the silver chrome finish lens has a significant amount of brass in places where the black lens uses aluminum. Bruce S. - -----Original Message----- From: Rob Studdert <audiob@ozemail.com.au> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Date: Friday, September 18, 1998 6:34 AM Subject: [Leica] Lens weight vs finish Hi all, I have just been studying the Leica M6 System brochure and I must admit I am somewhat perplexed as the large percentage differences in weight of apparently similar lenses of different finishes. For example the brochure suggests that the Summilux-M f1.4/50 in black weighs 105gm lighter than the silver chrome or titanium finish versions at 380gm. Can somebody shed some light on why this is so? TIA, Rob Studdert HURSTVILLE AUSTRALIA Tel +61-2-9554-4110 Fax +61-2-9554-9259 UTC(GMT) +10 Hours audiob@ozemail.com.au