Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/14
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Nah - titanium is not ugly - it´s the fake ostrich type leather (black calf hide with emu-texturing!) that is really weird. All the best! Raimo photos at http://personal.inet.fi/private/raimo.korhonen >> I LOVE that fake "ostrich leather!" I remember when the camera was introduced -and those dark marketing photos that they used. I HAD to have one. ;-> Seriously, I did buy one for myself, but mostly because I was able to get it for the same cost as a chrome M6 and I figured it would wear better. I liked the way it looked too. The top plate did wear well, the ost. leather didn't. I still shoot with it today. I'm always saying that I wish they could put it on all the cameras, but make it stronger. Love the look, but it is delicate. It doesn't wear as well as the normal M6 "leather" but I guess anything is better than vulcanite. (for longevity -not looks) BTW, the reason it doesn't sell well is the price. It was just too too high. AND they didn't release all the lenses, so if you really cared about the finish you were going to have some mis-matched lenses. later, Rich