Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/02/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The Ti Olympus cameras had top and bottom plates actually made of titanium, they were available in black paint or a rather hideous (for my taste) yellowish silver paint. The Nikon F2 titan also actually used titanium top and bottom plates. Frank On 6 Feb, 2009, at 20:32, David Rodgers wrote: > 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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information