> >This is kind of a moot question, but I was surfing e-bay and
> found an OM-1 >MD black which had "brassing" on the top plate.
> >
> >I was intrigued because I have an OM-1 MD black with a "brassed" top plate,
> >but the metal under the black paint is either stainless steel or some kind
> >of aluminum alloy, not brass.
> >
>
> You have one of the very rare titanium OM-1's.........
frivolous chip-in: we Japanese call the top cover or the whole top
area of an SLR camera the "gunkan" which means "battleship". That
sounds robust so I don't like to use this word for plastics except
Tamiya models.
kazuya matsumoto (a natural bokeh)
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