Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I thought that only the OM 2000 had paint finish but OK - if you say so. But I have seen some Nikon F3T:s, also champagne color and used and they looked absolutely mint - I´m very sorry now because I did not buy one. By comparison the one and only Olympus OM-4 Ti I´m acquainted with looked really bad. And it was owwed by a retired schoolteacher - so no heavy use. All the best! Raimo Photos at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen - ---------- > Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 05:27:22 -0400 > From: Frank Dernie <FrankDernie@compuserve.com> > Subject: [Leica] Ti = titanium? > > Raimo Korhonen wrote: > I am not sure what the "Ti" really stands for but I have seen a used but > not old Olympus 4 Ti (champagne color) and it was a sad sight indeed - not > solid titanium, no way - not paint either but an incredibly thin layer of > titanium. Maybe they had used up all titanium making microscopes - if they > had the guts, that is. > All the best! > Raimo > > The OM4 has no titanium in it at at all. The OM4Ti and OM3Ti both have > solid titanium top and bottom plates which are painted either black or > champagne. The incredibly thin layer to which you refer IS the paint. Many > cameras refered to as titanium are titanium "coloured". As a long time user > of titanium forengineering purposes I can assure you allthat ttanium > without a surface finish would show fingerprints badly. It has minimal > benefits as a material for use in cameras (or microscopes). The Leica > titanium finish is, I believe, a hard Titanium oxide plating on brass. > Cheers Frank >