The champaigne appears to be a coating on the titanium. I have some wear on
my older OM-4t near the strap lugs and wind lever. There's the usual dull
titanium gray showing underneath.
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Regards
Bruce Appelbaum
Yorktown Heights, New York
----- Original Message -----
From: "Winsor Crosby" <wincros@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 4:29 PM
Subject: [OM] Titanium
> I saw this discussion with a guy from the titanium industry because
> of the case for the new Mac Powerbook. It raised some OM issues for
> me.
>
> > The type of titanium used for the PB G4 has been described as
> >'CP-1", or commercially pure, grade 1 titanium. This is most
> >commonly used in the aerospace industry, and this grade does not
> >contain other metal alloys. The color can best be described as "gun
> >metal gray". Is this the color of the PB G4? - it appears lighter to
> >me. That could imply that the metal has been anodized - titanium can
> >be anodized very easily and the result is any color under the
> >rainbow that one wishes. The Wintel demos that I mentioned earlier
> >have been prepared in many different colors. Titanium will scratch
> >easily - yes, it will scratch easily, and then it will look like
> >crap. I assume that Apple has placed some form of protective coating
> >over the metal to ensure it does not. The existence of a coating
> >would also help in regard to fingerprints and other dirt - CP-1
> >titanium has a very flat looking gun metal gray color that collects
> >fingerprints, but cleans up well.
>
> Since I have one of the notoriously flaky black painted OM4Ts I do
> not have any experience with the so called champagne models. Do they
> have a coating or anodizing to protect it from scratches and
> fingerprints? The ones I have seen have an odd texture and have a
> warmer color of gray than what I think of with gun metal gray.
>
> Winsor
>
>
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> Winsor Crosby
> Long Beach, California, USA
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