Black or chrome?

Black or chrome?

  • Black

    Votes: 475 53.3%

  • Chrome

    Votes: 269 30.2%

  • I'll stick to film

    Votes: 148 16.6%
  • Total voters
    892
Black is cool. Chrome is classic. I bought black but I often think I should have bought chrome. With chrome people are more likely to think you have an old camera which is not a bad thing. I am sometimes stopped by people to talk about my camera and I have the M8 covered up. They are all camera people who know Leica. But can be a bit of a bother and when they find out it's an M8 I have a lot more questions to answer.
 
Chrome, because my M7 is black and I want to be able to tell the difference at a glance without having to examine the camera.

-- Mark
 
Let me auspiciously start my first post by stating that I picked the wrong colour in the poll. Selected black for some moronic reason when my M8 is chrome ! ANyway, chrome is so classic and I regularly get comments from people saying you paid WHAT for that OLD CAMERA ?!?! Is it digital ?? People are so relaxed with this camera so its great for street shots.
 
Ummm, not the best first post...

Ummm, not the best first post...

Let me auspiciously start my first post by stating that I picked the wrong colour in the poll. Selected black for some moronic reason when my M8 is chrome ! ANyway, chrome is so classic and I regularly get comments from people saying you paid WHAT for that OLD CAMERA ?!?! Is it digital ?? People are so relaxed with this camera so its great for street shots.
 
own a chrome one, hate the black chrome one (dirty and cheap looking), hoping for a black paint one, or a crinkle finished black (like the ones used on R-D1)
 
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My artist friend (painter and muralist, knows zip about cameras) saw my M8 over the weekend and was fascinated by its "minimalist bauhaus look". More than one person has said something similar (though not quite like that). Some amateur photogs actually ask me "What's a Leica?". It's all I can do not to slap them silly.

BTW, here's my black beauty decked out with M8 Grip and Tim Isaac's Thumbs Up:

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etrigan,

Funny! I guess pushing up boulders just does not pay like it use to. Maybe I should start looking for another line of work!

I have been so busy, I have not had time to see what is happening in RF land.

Anything exciting? Any good conversations on the list lately?

Hope all is well . . .
 
i think BLACK
the chrome one attracts to much attention especially on a sunny day
but then again thats my humble opinion
 
For me serious gear ought to be black. Some pro cameras exists only in black. Poit and shot often are only chrome. I am very sensitive to the esthetic side too. And for me black is way more beautiful than chrome.
BTW how about gold?
 
I voted for black - but like many I do deep down wish I had gone chrome - only because i have CV lenses 15, 21 and 25 in chrome. Black lenses on a chrome body see look look decent - chrome lenses on a black body not so decent.

Though I wish the M8 had been done in black paint as opposed to black chrome. Something about a Leica in black paint over black chrome.....
 
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