Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/06/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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