Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2022/01/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Who really cares about the weight. Must be a million posts of those who only wear them as necklaces. Buy a TL. On Wed, Jan 12, 2022 at 8:09 AM Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG < lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > You forgot Mandarin, because the biggest single chunk of their sales (and > all camera companies, for that matter) goes to China. This being the Year > of the Tiger, gold on black would be a no brainer! > > Cheers > Jayanand > > On Wed, Jan 12, 2022 at 6:23 PM Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > > > They're skipping gold plate and opting for an iridium/osmium alloy with > > a delicate gold filigree tracing of the original owner's name. However, > > that option is only available in Russian or Arabic script... > > > > Douglas > > > > On 12/01/2022 07:39, Philippe via LUG wrote: > > > Any information about the weight of a gold plated version compared to > > the silver one? Metal density should play a role there too. > > > > > > Amities > > > > > > Philippe > > > > > > > > > > > >> Le 12 janv. 2022 ? 04:43, Frank Filippone via LUG < > lug at leica-users.org> > > a ?crit : > > >> > > >> From source: Digital Camera World > > >> > > >> An interesting note about the M11 are its color options and > > corresponding materials. Silver (or chrome, as it is commonly referred) > > along with black are listed; however, the silver colorway will feature a > > full-metal housing made of magnesium and brass while the black variant > will > > feature magnesium and aluminum only ? no brass at all. This might come > as a > > surprise to Leica loyalists that are aficionados of the brass build > quality > > of older cameras. > > >> > > >> This data appears backwards..... but regardless, there is a big > > difference..... about 4 ounces. > > >> > > >> The M11 Silver weighs 530g > > >> > > >> Black is 640g > > >> > > >> Magnesium is a very light metal, more so than Aluminum. Brass is > very > > heavy, by comparison. > > >> > > >> Notice the absence of the word "plastic". Good news. > > >> > > >> -- > > >> > > >> Frank Filippone > > >> BMWRed735i at Gmail.com > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> Leica Users Group. > > >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Leica Users Group. > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information