paulsydaus Posted January 22, 2022 Share #1 Posted January 22, 2022 Advertisement (gone after registration) Anyone know what the M11 base material is made out of? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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farnz Posted January 22, 2022 Share #2 Posted January 22, 2022 Unobtanium at the moment I think. Pete. 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEGEND Posted January 22, 2022 Share #3 Posted January 22, 2022 Beskar uf course... Because, “This is the Way“... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shirubadanieru Posted January 23, 2022 Share #4 Posted January 23, 2022 (edited) by the way my black camera bottom plate & the battery finish are different. the battery is much more rough & does get easily dirty (similar to Kai video) but the rest of the base plate is much softer & doesn't get dirty with dead skin etc. Is everyone's battery finish like this? Edited January 23, 2022 by shirubadanieru Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
digitalfx Posted January 23, 2022 Share #5 Posted January 23, 2022 Yes, Its because the battery itself is plastic or a different material than the camera baseplate...so the finish reacts differently to the base material. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
adan Posted January 23, 2022 Share #6 Posted January 23, 2022 Specs say the Body Housing is magnesium and aluminum. Silver Chrome top plates are brass, to accept the plating. Take your pick. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEGEND Posted January 23, 2022 Share #7 Posted January 23, 2022 Advertisement (gone after registration) So there is no metal plate on the bottom of the battery? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
digitalfx Posted January 23, 2022 Share #8 Posted January 23, 2022 21 minutes ago, LEGEND said: So there is no metal plate on the bottom of the battery? hard to tell for sure...feels like a plastic material to me. Not sure it matters though, its the battery. Regardless the finish does feel rougher on the battery plate. Either due to the material used or the fact that its finished by another supplier. In either case its insignificant. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEGEND Posted January 23, 2022 Share #9 Posted January 23, 2022 14 minutes ago, digitalfx said: hard to tell for sure...feels like a plastic material to me. Not sure it matters though, its the battery. Regardless the finish does feel rougher on the battery plate. Either due to the material used or the fact that its finished by another supplier. In either case its insignificant. If it's durable and looks the same as a base plate that is good enough for me... Or I can drill a hole in my M11 battery bottom to see what is inside. If I find something interesting I will report here immediately... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
digitalfx Posted January 23, 2022 Share #10 Posted January 23, 2022 I wouldn't drill a hole...you can scratch the edge, I thought about it for 1 second But frankly I could care less what's its made of...it fits tightly, is sealed and looks just fine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jakontil Posted January 23, 2022 Share #11 Posted January 23, 2022 1 hour ago, adan said: Specs say the Body Housing is magnesium and aluminum. Silver Chrome top plates are brass, to accept the plating. Take your pick. So you reckon, even with the silverchrome whose top plate is brass, bottom plate is aluminum constructed? 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LEGEND Posted January 23, 2022 Share #12 Posted January 23, 2022 2 hours ago, digitalfx said: I wouldn't drill a hole...you can scratch the edge, I thought about it for 1 second But frankly I could care less what's its made of...it fits tightly, is sealed and looks just fine. I will not “drill a hole“... that was a joke... it would be stupid to do so... I can scratch her but why if it work as it suppose to work... I am sure the one day someone will figure that out and post it here on LUF... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hmzimelka Posted January 3, 2023 Share #13 Posted January 3, 2023 Just to clarify some ambiguity in Leica's own marketing material... Leica replied to my question asking what material the Silver M11's top and bottom plates are made from... "The top and the bottom plate of the silver M11 are made from brass. Merely the top and bottom of the black M11 are made from aluminum." 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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