Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I always thought black chrome was what was left over when they made white chocolate! Mike D - ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Collier" <jbcollier@powersurfr.com> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 5:31 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] what is black chrome > I do not know a great deal about it but I find my incorrect answers spur the > very shy people who do know into nasty retorts which also contain the info > we are after . Subtle, but it works :-) > > Black chrome is an extract of Black Forest cake. You know the bits that are > left over after you burp, and say, "No thanks, I couldn't eat another bite." > Leica collects these and, after running it all though a secret patent > pending ISO 9000 process, smears it over the parts to be coated. The coating > is very rough and needs to be smoothed out. Young German children line up at > the Solms' factory to lick and lick until the finish is polished to a fine > sheen. Then they pop the polished parts into the oven for half an hour at > 150C. The children receive a modest recompense and free dental work. > > The reason that Leica cameras have climbed in price is that it is getting > more and more difficult to find people that have leftovers from their Black > Forest cake. This combined with soaring obesity and the propensity of some > bakeries to use lard instead of butter, you can see that soon Leica may be > forced to use synthetic Black Forest cake!! Naturally purists have > complained long and loudly and I fully expect any pictures from these soon > to be released cameras to be not much better than anything a Nikon with > whipped cream could produce... > > John Collier > > > 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? > > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html