The Leica Titanium lenses (now discontinued) are chrome lenses with the
titanium finish. Much heavier than the black versions; and far too heavy
for my tastes.
Skip
At 11:18 AM 3/9/01 -0400, you wrote:
Dirk Wright wrote:
> But, speaking of titanium, why, or why, has no manufacturer, at least to my
> knowledge, every made the lens bodies from the stuff? Lenses are a
> significant part of the total weight of the camera.
Leica has 3 titanium lenses, but I believe they are only titanium on the
outside, for looks, I think the internal construction is the same as the
black or chrome versions.
--
Andrew "Frugal" Dacey,
frugal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.tildefrugal.net/
< This message was delivered via the Olympus Mailing List >
< For questions, mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >
< Web Page: http://Zuiko.sls.bc.ca/swright/olympuslist.html >
< This message was delivered via the Olympus Mailing List >
< For questions, mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >
< Web Page: http://Zuiko.sls.bc.ca/swright/olympuslist.html >
|