Re: [OM] Brassing

[Dirk Wright]

>I look at the very old OM1 and realized that this chrome body shows no 
sign of wear
>anywhere.  I wish they would have stayed with this brushed chrome 
look.  It sure was
>durable. Whose idea was it to paint these bodies black in the first 
place?
>
>Phillip Franklin

I was told that nature photographers would put black gaffer tape over 
thier chrome bodies when in the field to prevent reflections from 
scaring off animals. Manufacturers paid attention and started selling 
black bodies.


Be seeing you.


Dirk Wright

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