Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I like chrome bodies up to the M4. Love my chrome M3. That was the finish they were designed for. Black paint was considered pedestrian at the time - so what's good for Leitz is good for you. Chrome lenses are ok; black seems to draw a little less attention. Black Nikkor LTMs I guess are both chrome and black, and they are lovely. For beauty, nothing beats the Leica and Canon chrome lenses from the 1950s (yes, Marc, the Opton-Sonnar 1.5 is more beautiful, but the wrong mount). Black cameras seem somewhat problematic. An M6 needs to be black paint. The M6 chrome looks different to me from the M3, too smooth in texture. And the black chrome ages intererestingly. IMO, titanium should be the material, not a finish. And it should be painted with a black finish - smooth lacquer like the G2 black or matte epoxy like the Hexar. If it's bare (at least to me), it screams "I'm a Marantz/Harmon Kardon/Pioneer/Luxman stereo component of the mid-80s." Plus, for compulsive types, you end up using black lenses all the time because that's the default color. No arguing taste, I guess. Pascal wrote: > On 20-02-2001 21:20, george day wrote: > > >The chrome lenses are very, very smooth. > >Beautiful to look at, beautiful to handle. > > yes, but the titanium finish is even nicer in the looks department ! > > so: > 1. titanium > 2. chrome > 3. black > > P.S. I am *using* my equipment :-) > > Pascal > NO ARCHIVE > > --------- > Visit my Leica pages at http://members.nbci.com/cyberplace > --------- > <<< PGP public key available upon request >>>