Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/07/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It's not a marketing ploy, it's a great finish. A Titanium top plate would be less appealing, really. I had one on my Olympus and it is ugly. Apparently getting paint to stick to titanium is difficult or impossible, and the raw titanium is not that pretty. I wonder if Luxus owners believe that their cameras are solid gold? ;-) Personally, I'm saving for a titanium M6, I think they look swell, and they probably work really well too. - - marc On Tuesday, July 22, 2003, at 07:40 PM, Allen Graves wrote: > Actually, the Nikon F3T and the FM2T were both standard Nikon cameras > with the titanium finish "sprayed on" just lika Leica- they didn't > have structural titanium elements either. Just like Leica, it took > several years for the internet news groups to figure out the marketing > ploy, though it is a great finish. > > Allen > > > >> >> It would be nice of Leica really and cut some pieces out of titanium >> and >> came out with a titanium camera, which would have been a bit lighter >> than the regular. As Olympus, Nikon and other companies had set a >> precent in doing. >> It would be real nice to have this option. Lying is always going to be >> bad for PR. >> >> Mark Rabiner >> Portland, Oregon USA >> http://www.rabinergroup.com >> -- >> 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 > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html