wblati
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I was wondering if there are any brass SLRs?
rxmd
May contain traces of nut
You mean like this?
NathanJD
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My Olympus OM-2n has a brass top plate (and bottom plate too i think) it is beautifully brassed 
oftheherd
Veteran
My Olympus OM-2n has a brass top plate (and bottom plate too i think) it is beautifully brassed
My first thought too. I think many of the older SLR were brass, especially the black ones. My Fujicas are, not so sure about some of the old Yashica TLs or Pentax SVs.
But if the OP was asking about original brass finishes, I think (besides NathanJD's example), there may have been a couple, but I don't recall for sure.
maddoc
... likes film again.
My Nikon FM and F3HP show some brassing ..
johannielscom
Snorting silver salts
wallace
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my black Pentax MX shows brassing...
Ljós
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Black Pentax Spotmatics brass beautifully.
Luddite Frank
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Would think that by the SLR era, top & bottom covers / plates (stamped sheet metal trim) were brass, but the bodies themselves were some sort of casting (aluminum or die-cast zinc alloy).
Not certain about late metal-clad cameras, such as the Canon AE-1 Program, but believe the trimmings would have been brass until the switch to plastic / carbon fiber bodies/casings.
Just my 2-cents' worth...
LF
Not certain about late metal-clad cameras, such as the Canon AE-1 Program, but believe the trimmings would have been brass until the switch to plastic / carbon fiber bodies/casings.
Just my 2-cents' worth...
LF
alistair.o
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The answers that have been given thus far, are they the sort of thing you were after? Or maybe you have seen camera showing brass and wondered if it had been painted over - perhaps!?
Let us know.
Alistair