Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/09/10

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re:Black vs. silver
From: "Raimo Korhonen" <raimo.korhonen@pp2.inet.fi>
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 23:21:49 +0200

Almost true - the grey zinc showing underneath the black chrome of my M6
from 1985 is quite handsome.
All the best!
Raimo
Photos at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen

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> From: InfinityDT@aol.com
> To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Re:Black vs. silver
> Date: 10. syyskuuta 1999 20:16
> 
> In a message dated 9/10/99 1:11:20 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
> jeffcoatphoto@sumter.net writes:
> 
> << But when the paint wares done to the brass it has such character!
Looking 
> for an M6 like that right now.
>  Cheers Wilber >>
> 
> Don't get your hopes up.  Black M6's are plated, not painted, and they're
not 
> brass underneath either.  When it wears you see an ugly zinc-colored 
> (grey/silver) metal showing through.