Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/09

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Subject: Re: [Leica] T i t a n i u m K i t
From: D Khong <dkhong@pacific.net.sg>
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 06:20:58 +0000
 
At 11:23 PM 9/11/98 +0100, you wrote:
>Titanium Leica bodies and lenses are not titanium but only titanium coated.
>As I posted earlier I have seen some Olympus OM-4 Titaniums looking much
>worse for wear - there´s brass lurking underneath a very thin layer of
>titanium. Hope Leica gear is more wear-resistant.
>Raimo

I have heard about the ceremonial Titanium coating of some cameras sold as
"Titanium Models."  Maybe they should be renamed "Titanic Models" ;-).

I am quite impressed with my friend's Contax G1 which was used quite
extensively over the past 4 years (since 1994) with hardly any signs of
wear.  I wonder if the Contax chaps are more serious about the quality of
their Titanium models?

Dan K.