All Brass Baby

[HSI]

Has anyone ever used a complete bare Leica?
It sure does look nice, but would there be a problem
with corrosion or anything like that?
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It would be cheaper than getting it painted, but its quite flashy.
Here are some pictures to illustrate what I am talking about.

 

[Tom A]

Like that black DR more than the all brass M4!

 

[visiondr]

Yeah, Tom, I've never seen one of those!

 

[Tom A]

Leica supposedly made one as a special order, but it was a later one than the one shown. I know that Shintaro in Tokyo has painted some too. Usually you can see a telltale brassing on the flat locking surface where the "goggles" have been slid on/off.

 

[Ara Ghajanian]

I think it would only look cool if the bottom plate was brassed also.

 

[Ororaro]

My M3 is down to the Nickel (dechromed). The tactile feeling is exquisite. Sticky in hot conditions, I give the M3 a good massage with my fingers since it's so fun to hold.

I believe a completely brassed camera would be close to what I'm describing...

 

[HSI]

Ara, you can't brass a rapidwinder.

Bojic, the back of my M3 is worn off where someone wrote their name and phone number. It really does feel sticky in a sense, and I like it.

 

[xayraa33]

is it more brassed than Jim Marshall's M4 ?
... or is that one his M4?

 

[thomasw_]

Hmm, that m4 is looking cold! Be a decent chap and clothe her in some black paint

 

[splitimageview]

Brassy:

 

[HSI]

Strip my camera and send it back to me.

 

[Harry Lime]

Like that black DR more than the all brass M4!

Yep, same here.

By the way, if that is a real black paint DR it's worth some serious cash. I think the last one I saw went for $4000. Original black paint M4's are also rare and worth $$$.

Who's camera is it?

 

[LChanyungco]

where did you get the nice hot shoe cover ?

 

[marke]

Hot shoe cover

Hot shoe cover

http://www.kanto-cs.co.jp/english/shoecover/shoecover_en.html

 

[LChanyungco]

thanks Mark.

 

[HSI]

Yep, same here.

By the way, if that is a real black paint DR it's worth some serious cash. I think the last one I saw went for $4000. Original black paint M4's are also rare and worth $$$.

Who's camera is it?

Wish it was my camera, but it was just a simple google search.

 

[LChanyungco]

couple of weeks ago i was at the local camera shop and witnessed an old man trying to sell a black paint m4 (from what i could see the m4 was in very good shape with some brassing but alot of black left on it) to the store... and was quoted $700 by the man behind the counter. i tried to intervene and said that i would be interested in buying his camera... i just got a screw face from the clerk and the old man said "yes, it's a leica m4" then turned away and just went about his business being of being screwed by the store. i went back a few days ago to see if they still had it and a different clerk told me they sold it for $2500. shame shame shame.

..maybe i should have shouted "hey you're being robbed !!!"

 

[HSI]

I would have bought it off him for a grand right there.

 

[LChanyungco]

i tried HSI, but not hard enough i guess...

 

[haagen_dazs]

very nice.. i like that chrome top plate look