On Mon, 17 Jun 2002, Harry Wiechel wrote:
> I am almost sure that this topic has been discussed before on this list but
> I havent actually seen any comments about it the last six months or so. The
> general wear on the bodies of OM 1 - OM 4 (particularly on the black ones)
> is referred to as brassing, but though my old black OM1 has considerable
> _brasssing_, it is not brass that shines through (bleedes). .... some sort
> of steel or tin or whatever but brass surely that would have a yellowish
> colour to it, right?
> any hints from anyone to satisfy my curiosity?
Early black bodies were nickel plated before being painted black. When
the black paint wears off the nickel comes through. In later black bodies
Olympus dropped the nickel plating and painted directly on the brass.
-mark
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