Black paint rangefinders that are NOT Leica?

[acjeske]

So I'm wondering if there are any brass body cameras with black paint on them as alternatives to Leicas...Does anyone on know of any?

I've only uncovered one passing mention of a black paint Canon 7...

 

[splitimageview]

Canon QL17 was brass and available in black paint, Canon P, Nikon S series, including the reissues, among others

 

[dexdog]

In addition to the Canon P and 7, black paint versions of the L1, VTD, VTDM and VI-L were also produced, according to Peter Dechert's book on Canon cameras.

 

[keytarjunkie]

Nikon S2 and later (except the S4) had black paint options. They're all brass underneath.

 

[xayraa33]

Even the tiny Petri Color 35 camera came in black paint finish.

 

[Fjäll]

Olympus PEN and Zorki

 

[xayraa33]

By the mid 1970s black paint 35mm RF and SLR cameras came in black paint as either a standard finish or an optional one and at extra cost.

Black paint on cameras became extra popular at that time frame ...from paying extra to get a black OM 1 or Canon ftb or a budget Chinon made GAF SLR that was standard in black paint finish.

 

[eckhardf]

A lot of 70's era Yashica fixed lens rangefinders (35, MG-1 etc) can be found in black paint and look very nice.

 

[Dralowid]

Of course there is the Contax I and the Super Nettel and early Dollinas but...

 

[MarcoIIIc]

Contax I


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[David Murphy]

Of course the Cosina-Voigtlander Bessa R was commonly available in black, a camera which is approaching the status of a classic these days (judging by their exorbitant resale value if nothing else).

 

[kshapero]

If it's to black paint on brass then it's a smaller group.

 

[Erik van Straten]

The most beautiful black painted camera that is not a Leica is the Nikon S2, the favorite camera of Sammy Davis jr.

Erik.

 

[steveyork]

Rare post war Jena Contax

 

[acjeske]

Thanks for all the responses! I was hoping to find something whose stylings I liked as much as Leica but I'm not sure there is...Anyway, let me know if anything else comes to mind!

 

[agentlossing]

Konica Hexar RF, a beautiful camera.

 

[markjwyatt]

Kiev 4A Type2 (Black) by Mark Wyatt, on Flickr

 

[johannielscom]

By ... or a budget Chinon made GAF SLR that was standard in black paint finish.

The Chinons have awesome black paint over a brass body, the thickness and sheen of that paint is only rivalled by black paint Leicas

 

[DownUnder]

In the late '90s-early '00s some Contax Gs were manufactured in black - I've seen one or two G2s in this color but not G1s.

Every now and then someone puts up a black Zeiss G lens for sale on Ebay, at the usual astronomical prices for this glass.

The Gs are also not brass cameras which may be a minus point for this OP.

 

[splitimageview]

Konica Hexar RF is black but not black paint, nor is the G2.