Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/11/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The Titanium lenses, like the silver-chrome lenses, are *plated*, and as the light-alloy Leica use for the black lenses can not be plated, the Cr and Ti lenses must use brass mounts. That accounts for the weight differential. Regards, Nigel On Mon, 9 Nov 1998 14:06:05 -0500 "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> writes: >> Bonjour Andre, >> > > >> > Is not a Titanium Leica M6 and associated lenses >> > MUCH lighter than the regular black one ? >> > Would not titanium be even more rugged ? >> >> Leica titanium lenses and bodies are the same weight as >> the chrome ones, that is much heavier than the black >> ones. >> >> >To second Phong's comment, the Titanium lenses are VERY heavy, >compared to >the standard lenses. I have the 35 Summilux ASPH and, while it is a >fabulous >lens, would trade it in a heart beat for a standard black version to >get the >markedly lighter weight... > > > > ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com/getjuno.html or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]