Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/07/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nail polish on your Leica lens was what Cartier Bresson insisted on, as detailed by his assistant in the Magnum opus. If you want to make sure you can see the lens in a dark camera bag, luminous paint might be even more helpful. As Kyle says, black is lighter which helps on the joints (Kyle also mentioned the hippies) and as far as I've heard 'chrome' is not next season's new 'black'. There is one last real choice, titanium, but don't expect it to be available on all lenses. All of them are made to work perfectly on all cameras. Jem - -----Original Message----- From: Kyle Cassidy [SMTP:cassidy@netaxs.com] david binder is about to make a fashion faux pas!: "This is a dumb newbie question, but is it wrong to buy a chrome lense for a black camera?" so new to the list, so quick to risk getting kicked off.... but seriously, any fashion sense aside, the chrome lenses are heavier than the black ones. so you should _always_ get the black lenses. if you want to make it stick out, put some yellow nail polish on the focusing ring or something. i manouver through my camera bag by feel rather than sight anyway, just keep the lenses in the same place all the time and you'll be fine. kc