Top, bottom and trim plate behind lens mount is titanium. Compared to a
plain painted brass OM-4 top, the titanium top is MUCH lighter (though I
have not weighed them yet).
John
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----- Original Message -----
From: <DaEyeGuy@xxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2000 3:38 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] titanium
> While raw titanium in it's native color, after having been extruded, is a
> matte, dull grey, it rarely is that color befroe being plated. The many
> dippings in order to etch and "texturize" the surface to make it accept
any
> form or painting or plating can make it appear to be quite light. So one
> can't try to identify the material based on what color it appears under
> abrasions.
>
> I fell quite certain that, given the fact that Olympus has advertised and
> every camera book in the land has written that the tops and bottoms are of
> titanium, someone within the last decade would surely have stepped forth
> proving otherwise had it not been true. This product has been around long
> enuf to have outlived any speculations regarding the veracity of the
> manufacturer's claims. A simple alchemy test would certianly assuage any
> doubts.
> Susan
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