Best finish to get?

[marco0782]

I have seen the smooth black finish and while it's very pretty I don't like how it gets fingerprints and how they're hard to clean off. Does the gray finish have this problem as well? What about the black matte? Thanks.


Marco

 

[chris000]

... clean off...

I never have time to clean the outside of my cameras, I keep the optics clean for obvious reasons, but the rest I don't touch - it's a tool for taking pictures, what it looks like is unimportant.

Oh. and because I don't own a Leica, I don't have to worry about cleaning the Red Dot! 😀

 

[oscroft]

I have a Bessa-R4A, which only comes in matt black finish. And I don't like the finish very much, because even slightly greasy marks show up really badly and it gets a greasy shiny look very easily - it looks like a shiny black suit. (But I had no choice, and I love the camera regardless)

 

[Thardy]

I have the R2A, and never really noticed any fingerprints.

 

[Ronald M]

A few coats of car wax like McGuires#26 (a true wax) a week apart topped with NuFinish (a polymer finish) will do your car and camera proud.

If it holds up on a car, it certainly will hold up on a camera.

Works on lenses too, not the glass part.

 

[alternatve]

I have the spattered black paint and it's been holding up well so far.

Samuel

 

[kshapero]

get chrome and you will have bling!!😀

 

[peter_n]

I have a Bessa-R4A, which only comes in matt black finish. And I don't like the finish very much, because even slightly greasy marks show up really badly and it gets a greasy shiny look very easily - it looks like a shiny black suit. (But I had no choice, and I love the camera regardless)

My sentiments exactly. Stupendous camera but the matte black is totally impractical. Presumably some dingbat in the marketing dept. thought it was cool.

 

[marco0782]

Thanks guys. 🙂