Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/24

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Subject: [Leica] re: black chrome
From: Kyle Cassidy <KCassidy@asc.upenn.edu>
Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 16:06:49 -0500

you can take a piece of sandpaper (or anything really, i guess) and scrape
it along the edge of your camera, where the black comes off, it's chrome
(silver) underneath. the more silver that's showing, the cooler you are.

i think.

kc

>From: "G. Michael Paine" <mickeyp35@earthlink.net>
>
>
>My original Leicas were the black painted (enamel) ones. Now I have 
>an M6. Since this upgrade I have been faced with the term "black 
>chrome". Is the finish really chrome that is black, or has this term 
>just come into use to differentiate from the original chrome?
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