Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/10/30

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Subject: RE: [Leica] My Leica M digital solution
From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>
Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 14:38:32 -0500

To say nothing of the titanium lenses for the M...like the old 35
Summilux ASPH...

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From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Karen
Nakamura
Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 2:06 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: Re: [Leica] My Leica M digital solution



>titanium is heavier than Aluminium. ...  AFAIK the only sound
>engineering (rather than fashion/styling) use of titanium was in the 
>syncromesh rings of Porsche 911 gearboxes where the high natural 
>friction was used to good effect.



What about the titanium shutter foil used in Nikon rangefinders, 
Hasselblad 2000 series SLRs, and some others?

Karen

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