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Subject: [Leica] My M8 landed but Black..., what I do?
From: Frank.Dernie at btinternet.com (Frank Dernie)
Date: Sat Feb 7 01:08:33 2009
References: <DC4B73A4105FCE4FAE0CEF799BF84B36052E9414@case-email.casefoods.com>

The Ti Olympus cameras had top and bottom plates actually made of  
titanium, they were available in black paint or a rather hideous (for  
my taste) yellowish silver paint.
The Nikon F2 titan also actually used titanium top and bottom plates.
Frank

On 6 Feb, 2009, at 20:32, David Rodgers wrote:

> Frank,
>
> I didn't think they were made of titanium. Just the finish was called
> titanium. Wasn't there a titanium finish OM 3 or 4 at one point, too?
>
> DaveR
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Frank Dernie [mailto:Frank.Dernie@btinternet.com]
> Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 11:52 AM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] My M8 landed but Black..., what I do?
>
> I take it everybody knows these titanium lenses had a hard titanium
> (nitride, I think) plating on a standard brass lens..... There was
> AFAIK no metallic titanium in them.
>
> Frank
>
> On 6 Feb, 2009, at 15:13, David Rodgers wrote:
>
>> Gene,
>>
>>>> I would have them all in Titanium<<
>>
>> When Camera World of Oregon sold out to Ritz a little over a decade
>> ago
>> they had a big sale. I worked a block away from the store and I used
>> to
>> go in there several times a week. To this day I regret not buying the
>> several Titanium lenses they were selling at bargain prices. They  
>> also
>> had an Ostrich skin covered M6. I think was also titanium. I should
>> have
>> bought the lot. Every piece was gorgeous.
>>
>> DaveR
>>
>>
>>
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Replies: Reply from vick.ko at sympatico.ca (Vick Ko) ([Leica] My M8 landed but Black..., what I do?)
In reply to: Message from drodgers at casefarms.com (David Rodgers) ([Leica] My M8 landed but Black..., what I do?)