Better wear resistance - black or silver?

[JohnTF]

But as others have said, why is wear resistance important? Unless you're thinking of selling the camera, the marks and scuffs 'personalize' the camera, and you can remember where the bigger ones came from.

Cheers,

Roger[/quote]

Roger, I agree in general, but if you are not sure you are going to stick with a particular camera, you may do what you can to preserve appearance until you make up your mind, and putting a plastic protector on the screen if it is digital is reasonable. Keeping the camera shrink wrapped is not.

I had the misfortune to buy two Nikon 8008s just before a trip, and while I normally run test rolls, I did not this time, -- one overexposed by 1 stop, and the other underexposed by two. I scratched the bottom of the second, and Nikon voided the warranty on a one month old camera.

I had test rolls developed, (can you guess which camera had the slides and which the negative film, Murphy was an optimist-?), and was able to save the slides with pull processing, the negative rolls were a total loss, even pushed, they were just horrible.

And yes, all rolls before I scratched that body were underexposed, and the indicated exposure was OK, the shutter was well off, consistent though.

I never had two new cameras fail, I did have a shutter blade come loose on an FE2, and a well worn lens repaired gratis, -- Nikon took care of those, there seemed to be an attitude change at some time in regards to customer service, at least with Nikon. Seemed at one time if it was a factory defect, they just fixed it.

And, in my younger days, I passed on a brassed Nikon SP in Jackson Wy. at a low price, -- because it was brassed, I think it was about $125. Today I would see its character, but at least I bought the lenses and finders. I have a feeling you would not pass on a good working camera with "character?"

Regards,
John

 

[sepiareverb]

I for one like the way the black chrome ages. Yes, some marks show up that wouldn't on silver, and yes paint brasses 'beautifully', but my BC M5 and my first M7 are quite worn and look fine to me. That said, M6's in BC do look pretty drab with wear.

 

[Rprice]

I had my m7 encased in a clear box to protect its finish, But then I though "heck it's clear" the sunlight might fade it, so then I put it into a light tight box. I then had all the air sucked out of it and had nitorgen put in to protect all the delicate parts from oxidation from the dirty air. I did all of this because I love my m7 and did not want anything to happen to it when I used it. But I cnat use it or else it might get a smudge on it. So instead I bought a old retina floder to use and to tell the truth It takes great phots. so Im gonna sell my m7 as soon as I can figure a way to get it out of the damn box.

 

[icebear]

I assume that the appearance of the body has a significant effect on the image quality - but we'll never find out with all the like new, never out of the box cameras- they will never have been exposed to a film 😀.

 

[Steve Bellayr]

IMHO black seems to wear a little quicker than chrome. Use a half case to protect the camera if you want. It does make handling better. But, the worst thing is carelessness...that will wear any camera quickly.

 

[JohnTF]

I had my m7 encased in a clear box to protect its finish, But then I though "heck it's clear" the sunlight might fade it, so then I put it into a light tight box. I then had all the air sucked out of it and had nitorgen put in to protect all the delicate parts from oxidation from the dirty air. I did all of this because I love my m7 and did not want anything to happen to it when I used it. But I cnat use it or else it might get a smudge on it. So instead I bought a old retina floder to use and to tell the truth It takes great phots. so Im gonna sell my m7 as soon as I can figure a way to get it out of the damn box.

Another screw up, should have used Argon, No. 3 in the atmosphere, and truly inert. ;-) J

 

[Pablito]

I'll be working on a long term solo photojournalism project (ie a book) this summer that involves living in a Honduran orphanage and neighbouring village. I'm not too worried about my M4-2 getting stolen because it's beaten to hell. I am a tiny bit worried about someone running off with my EOS-1DMkIIn simply because it looks fancier.

Ya better start worrying, or don't worry but be very aware that theft in Honduras is very very common and no one will care what your camera looks like - if it's a camera it's up for grabs. Don't get me wrong, I love Honduras and the Honduran people - I have done / am doing a lot of photography there also for a book that will be out towards the end of this year. But you have to be super careful and aware about cameras or anything else of value. Sorry to go OT here.

 

[PaulRicciardi]

Ya better start worrying, or don't worry but be very aware that theft in Honduras is very very common and no one will care what your camera looks like - if it's a camera it's up for grabs. Don't get me wrong, I love Honduras and the Honduran people - I have done / am doing a lot of photography there also for a book that will be out towards the end of this year. But you have to be super careful and aware about cameras or anything else of value. Sorry to go OT here.

Thanks for the heads up. Turns out that I'm getting rerouted from Honduras to Peru...haha, don't you just love when plans change!

In any event the M's not leaving my person and I've considered sleeping with the camera bag lol.