>On Tue, 24 Mar 1998, Giles wrote:
>
>|Hi Paul
>|
>|I think that is a very good price if it is in good working order as
>|claimed. If you could get an agreement for a refund if something
>|proves to be amiss I would go for it. I believe the champaign
>|version is not so much a model, rather just a lack of easily shed
>|black paint, though it could have a coating but I suspect it is bare
>|metal. Anyone know for sure?
>
>As I noted in an earlier post, I seem to remember an article
>which described the champagne 4Ti as having top and bottom
>plates of natural titanium. So the color would seem to be
>all natural. Of course, I may be mistaken.
>
>|Gary, I think you are right about there being an intrinsic problem in
>|getting paint to adhere to titanium - Why, oh, why didn't Olympus
>|just anodise the 4Ti ? Then we wouldn't have the peeling paint
>|problem. We could have had some realy lurid and durable colour
>|schemes then. ;-)
>
>They appear to have corrected the problem with the 3Ti---not
>that that is any help to black-bodied 4Ti owners!
>
It is interesting that the titanium version of the legendary Leica M6 is a
"champagne" color similar to the unpainted titanium Olys. However, It is
merely titantium plated on brass for appearance sake, not solid as is the
OM3/4Ts.
Winsor Crosby
Long Beach, California
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