Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/04/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Joe Codispoti wrote: > There is a German word that has haunted me for many years. I hope someone > among the many on this list who speak German will be able to help. > > In certain types of cameras, mainly older Zeiss, at times there are "bumps" > visible on the surface of the leatherette. > These protrusions are caused by corrosion of the underlying screw head. The > corrosion grows over time. > I recall many years ago someone calling this phnomenon "grün....something", > a word that I think meant "copper or brass oxide". > Can someone complete the word in question? > Thanks in advance. > > Joseph Codispoti My wife (who at least claims to speak German, though I am not always sure her dialect is German) says it is "Grünspan". I have to take her word for it. Keith Bingman Riedheim, Germany