Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]There is Zinc in them there hills! The top plate of the M6 is made of a zinc composite material. Any pin prick sized holes and a little bit of salty moisture and it starts corroding causing the finish to bubble. John Collier > From: "Edward Mortimer" <munkfishy2k@hotmail.com> > > Today a customer in our store showed me his Leica M6 he was thinking to part > ex. I noticed that under the black chrome on the body of the camera were > what seemed like very small bubbles in places under the black chrome. These > only appeared on the toplate, but in various areas around it. Has anyone > come across this kind of thing before? My collegue said it must have been > done at manufacture (which i find hard to believe, but possible perhaps?) Or > is it due to exposure to the eliments in some way. I was just very puzzled > when i saw it and thought i would post this message to try and shed some > light on the matter. > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html