No brass under the silver on a Super, just plastic. Don
> -----Original Message----- > From: frank theriault [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 5:49 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: An gold bargain ! > > > On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 23:20:56 +0200, Dario Bonazza > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't know. Never seen one before. I'll ask the seller about further > > details. > > Dario > > One of the local camera stores here in Toronto has a gold coloured KX > or KM in it's second hand department. I asked the salesperson about > it, and he said that a previous owner simply stripped off the silver > colouring, and the "gold" was the brass underneath. > > It wasn't quite as shiny as the one up on eBay right now, but maybe > with a bit of elbow-grease and some brass polisher, the brass can get > real shiny. > > I have my doubts that it's a special edition, as claimed. Wouldn't > there be a badge somewhere on the body to tell us what it's > commemorating? > > cheers, > frank > > > -- > "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson >
