Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/02/27

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: olympus vs leica
From: Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net>
Date: Sat, 27 Feb 1999 15:19:48 -0800

raimo.korhonen@pp2.inet.fi wrote:
> 
> > From: Mark Rabiner <mrabiner@concentric.net>
> >
> <snip>
> > When they say T they are not talking about
> > titanium paint.
> 
> How true! I have examined one used OM-4Ti which did not have
> much titanium left - and the titanium layer was indeed much thinner
> than paint. If the OMs were more robust they might have a stronger
> position among the professionals.
> All the best!
> Raimo
> 
> Photos at: http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen

I thought titanium paint was one of single most uncanny glitch's in the
Leica ballgame for me at least and that other lesser cameras really used
it in their construction.
Mark Rabiner