Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/20

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Subject: [Leica] M9 Titanium
From: hopsternew at gmail.com (Geoff Hopkinson)
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2010 08:16:25 +1000
References: <AANLkTikMZRdUr8wrzAO6TutriGQ23G3wwgSdndzPVejM@mail.gmail.com> <C8BD3FC8.3BA8%mark@rabinergroup.com>

Nope. It is solid titanium. Also unobtainium
.
I just want to see what the viewfinder proves to be like. I guess that it
will be in the next new M model.
By the way, Photokina is not over yet ;-)
Cheers
Geoff
http://www.pbase.com/hoppyman


On 21 September 2010 06:43, Mark Rabiner <mark at rabinergroup.com> wrote:

> The problem is when Olympus or nikon says titanium they mean its made of
> titian. My favorite metal almost.
> When Leica says its made of titanium they mean its made of brass (which I
> like better but its heavy) and sprayed with paint with titanium  in it;  by
> any other name. and if you ask me they got the color wrong.
>
> I'd rater they call it a brass camera and have it made of titanium and
> spray
> it with a yellowish brass spray.
>
> --------------------
> Mark William Rabiner
> Photography
> mark at rabinergroup.com
>
>
> > From: David Morton <dmorton at gmail.com>
> > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> > Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 20:44:44 +0100
> > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> > Subject: [Leica] M9 Titanium
>  >
> > I'm less interested in it being made of titanium
> > http://twitpic.com/2qe565 than this new-fangled way the elves at Solms
> > have come up with to project frame lines.
> >
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Replies: Reply from richard at imagecraft.com (Richard Man) ([Leica] M9 Titanium)
In reply to: Message from dmorton at gmail.com (David Morton) ([Leica] M9 Titanium)
Message from mark at rabinergroup.com (Mark Rabiner) ([Leica] M9 Titanium)