Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/10/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]To say nothing of the titanium lenses for the M...like the old 35 Summilux ASPH... - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Karen Nakamura Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 2:06 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] My Leica M digital solution >titanium is heavier than Aluminium. ... AFAIK the only sound >engineering (rather than fashion/styling) use of titanium was in the >syncromesh rings of Porsche 911 gearboxes where the high natural >friction was used to good effect. What about the titanium shutter foil used in Nikon rangefinders, Hasselblad 2000 series SLRs, and some others? Karen - -- Karen Nakamura http://www.photoethnography.com/ClassicCameras/ - -- 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