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Subject: [Leica] was: 20d/d70/rd1 now: black or chrome
From: creativevisions at verizon.net (Michael J Herring)
Date: Thu Jun 23 21:06:57 2005
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The old brass lenses with chrome plating have a look and feel which is 
simply superb.
I will miss them.

Mike
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Didier Ludwig" <rangefinder@screengang.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 6:48 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] was: 20d/d70/rd1 now: black or chrome


>I prefer black cameras and lenses because good guys wear black :-)
> But black anodizing is in fact much cheaper to produce and offers less 
> protection than nickeling and chroming, which, OTOH, makes the lenses 
> significantly heavier.
> Didier
>
>
>>No flak,
>>IMO, I always thought a chrome lens on a black camera looked out of place, 
>>and on a chrome camera a black lens looks better. It's not as if a chrome 
>>lens works better. Chrome is just a tradition at Leica, which already went 
>>wrong with chrome lenses for the first Leicaflex.
>>Sticking to such traditions is what has got them where they are today.
>>Douglas
>>Who still remembers the days when you had to pay extra for black, 
>>"Professional", cameras.
>>
>>
>>red735i@earthlink.net wrote:
>>>They just do not listen to good advice.  at least not to date.  Maybe 
>>>being on the verge of disaster will force them to do the obvious.....
>>>The new CEO at least started on the right foot by killing off chrome 
>>>lenses ( and now I diuck to avoid the flack ...)
>>>Frank Filippone
>
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In reply to: Message from red735i at earthlink.net (red735i@earthlink.net) ([Leica] 20d/d70/rd1)
Message from douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp) ([Leica] 20d/d70/rd1)
Message from rangefinder at screengang.com (Didier Ludwig) ([Leica] was: 20d/d70/rd1 now: black or chrome)