Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/02/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Joseph Yao wrote: > on 12/2/03 11:40 am, Jerry Lehrer at jerryleh@pacbell.net wrote: > > >>The current black finish does not have the saving grace of wearing >>down locally, to a condition known as brassing. There is no brass >>underneath any more, 'cause the metal used is a zinc alloy which >>we call "pot metal". > > > The top cover of the M7 (as well as the last few hundred M6 TTL) is brass, > not zinc alloy. Joseph, That's true, but still it will wear like a zinc top cover. It will be grey/silver under the black chrome, not brassy. Not like a black paint M. Lucien - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html