Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Brass covers? My understanding was the Bessa R2 had magnesium alloy covers and brass fittings (shutter speed dial, etc.). The photos of the nude stampings at the Cosina site show dull silver-grey metal covers. Looking forward to my olive R2 regardless. Cheers, M.Phillips >The R2 amounts to the Bessa R with an M mount, able to take the T trigger >winder, with brass top, bottom and back. The new covers give the camera a much >different feeling than the plastic bodied R, now it feels much like a classic >camera of the 60's. - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html