Aluminum can be chrome plated, but it would be a costly and inefficient method. I think the "chrome" reference is more in regard to color rather than coating method. I would guess that both are anodized. Anodizing can be colorless and is sometimes used just to harden things. Crankshaft journals, for example, are hard anodized for racing applications. Paul
tom wrote: > On 19 Mar 2002 at 18:54, Shel Belinkoff wrote: > > > > > I wonder if the silver finish on the lens is really chrome, as Pal > > seemed to indicate. The finish on my 43mm doesn't look like chrome. I > > don't believe that aluminum can be chrome plated. > > I think you're right, it looks like brushed aluminum. > > The black ones look like they've been painted. They look like the pics of the Leica >Black Paint M6's I've seen. > > tv > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
