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
If I was in the market (too dear for a pensioner;) it would be chrome,
stays looking new longer and easier to keep that way.
I've never ever understood the cachet of a brassed black camera, looks professional? Nah! just looks knackered :eek: unobtrusive? still looks like a camera:rolleyes:
Funny long ago, the black was the cheap option so newspapers bought them to save money!
Thats what a couple of old news photogs told me.
But as they say--"whatever floats you boat":cool:
My Bessa R2 is green cos thats what they sent me!!
 
Al Kaplan said:
Black is so much better at cooking your film on a sunny day. Now chrome vulcanite? THAT would be cool!
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They could always do one in white vitreous stove enamel as Ilford did in the 50's that wouldnt cook the film or the sensor ;)
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Dads camera.
 
A PINK LEICA? Should the black satin case have lace trim or not? The custom case makers are going to have a field day with this one. After all, a proper camera shouldn't be seen in public wearing the same outfit two days in a row!
 
Al Kaplan said:
A PINK LEICA? Should the black satin case have lace trim or not? The custom case makers are going to have a field day with this one. After all, a proper camera shouldn't be seen in public wearing the same outfit two days in a row!
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It should also have a Hello Kitty sticker instead of the red dot. Talk about a classic.
 
chrome

chrome

I ordered a chrome. it is my second RF camera after a short 2 month stint with the Epson RD1s in mid 2007 (i sold it).

I had originally wanted to buy back a RD1s now in 2009 but was worried about the perpetuality of service.

I had been apprehensive about spending on an expensive cam with all the problems you read about in here in the rangerfinder forum. But I found this discount programme in the UK (I am from Singapore) giving a cashback of 650 pounds. After 15% VAT deductions, I am poised to purchase this circa of USD3000 with 7% GST (Goods and Services Tax) in Singapore, inclusive of shipping and insurance.
 
Black

Black

I just called the dealer in the UK and he confirmed that I got my M8 in last night's shipment and it is a black one.

I voted for the chrome and ordered a chrome but I changed my order to a black more for more stealth and conspicuity like many have said. Fortunately, they had enough blacks to send one to me.

Now the lens choice inssues.....:(
 
Had a silver M4, black M6, etc., so decided on a compromise with a panda this time. It wasn't the silver knobs that got me, but the finish. More paint-like than the standard M8. Same price though. Got mine at Kurland last week. They still have a few in stock. Liked the 8.2, but difference of $1500 is a leica lens or a handful of cv lenses.
 
darkprints said:
I ordered mine in black paint.
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Mine is an M8 in black chrome. Paint I would have really loved, but I own a black chrome M5 that's as old as I am, and it aged very gracefully, see here.
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It's in the back in this shot, the black is turning to grey where your fingers go. Someday my M8 will look like that too:)
 
curious to know what people think about the original black M8 vs. the black paint M8.2 (but not quite enough to start a new thread).... any opinions out there?
 
Hi guys,
don't buy new M8's. For example here: https://www.leicashop.com/vintage/leica-mkameras-c-1000_1003_100347.html, you can find mint M8s with warranty for about 2300 EUR.

Currently, they have a black AND a chrome version, both are 1 year old....they update their website every month and get new cameras every month. Yes, LeicaShop is much more expensive than ebay or many different leica-selling sites, but this one is REALLY, and I mean REALLY reliable and fair source.

If they write 'mint', the body really is mint. A=new, A-=almost new (like package was already opened), A/B = very very small signs of use....

LeicaShop is the professional official Leica dealer for Austria...

How many lenses can you get for 1500-2000$, that you save....?

If you just use the leica.com website, you can find many official Leica shops also in U.S.

I mean, for 4500 EUR you can buy an 'almost new' M8 and 2 superb lenses....

I was in the LeicaShop yesterday and had a look at the M8's, they have only 3 really tiny scratches (like 0,25 mm long) at the bottom - that are not even scratches, you'll see them only when look like from a 5 cm distance...
 
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