Awesome to the max. This Canon knows style.

[peterm1]

In Australia we have an old saying. "As flash (as in showy) as a rat with a gold tooth." usually applied to mean a person who is low class, flashy and covered in what the Americans call 'bling'.

This camera just about fits that description perfectly.

 

[sanmich]

I thought gold toning was for the PRINTS, not the cameras...

 

[sanmich]

Frankly, I would buy it, but at a low price, considering I would have to invest in a deplating and at least a black repaint of the whole thing.
I think I prefer to buy a good camera.

 

[rover]

The Canon IVSb2 is an excellent camera. I of course saying that knowing I paid @$1,250 less than this one is offered for. Mine isn't gold though, but it did have a lens and Walz filter/hood kit.

 

[HuubL]

It won't be easy to remove the gold plating. Gold is a pretty inert metal. It only dissolves in aqua regia, but that will have dissolved the brass long before. Reverse electroplating requires sodium cyanide solutions that could kill half a city when not properly disposed. No, I'm afraid this poor camera is doomed to stay this way...😉

 

[sanmich]

It won't be easy to remove the gold plating. Gold is a pretty inert metal. It only dissolves in aqua regia, but that will have dissolved the brass long before. Reverse electroplating requires sodium cyanide solutions that could kill half a city when not properly disposed. No, I'm afraid this poor camera is doomed to stay this way...😉

R.I.P. :angel:

 

[MaxElmar]

Nahh. Gold may be inert, but it's super soft. Disassemble. Cloth wheel and rouge. Prep and paint.

 

[wlewisiii]

Ick. Sorry, but just ick. Whoever did that to a poor defenseless IVSb2 (a 2 is rare enough!) should be ... 🙁

William