Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2022/01/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jayanand I thought that there was a major crackdown by the chairman of your so friendly neighbours on their officials receiving gifts, resulting in major bespoke manufacturers of watches, other items of jewellery, and decorative items (like Leica) seeing a fall in turnover to places behind bamboo curtains - but maybe not? Douglas On 12/01/2022 13:08, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG 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