Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/02/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Frank, I didn't think they were made of titanium. Just the finish was called titanium. Wasn't there a titanium finish OM 3 or 4 at one point, too? DaveR -----Original Message----- From: Frank Dernie [mailto:Frank.Dernie@btinternet.com] Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 11:52 AM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] My M8 landed but Black..., what I do? I take it everybody knows these titanium lenses had a hard titanium (nitride, I think) plating on a standard brass lens..... There was AFAIK no metallic titanium in them. Frank On 6 Feb, 2009, at 15:13, David Rodgers wrote: > Gene, > >>> I would have them all in Titanium<< > > When Camera World of Oregon sold out to Ritz a little over a decade > ago > they had a big sale. I worked a block away from the store and I used > to > go in there several times a week. To this day I regret not buying the > several Titanium lenses they were selling at bargain prices. They also > had an Ostrich skin covered M6. I think was also titanium. I should > have > bought the lot. Every piece was gorgeous. > > DaveR > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information