Could I remove or fill engravings on my M4-P?

[pushto1600]

You can remove the current finish, fill in the engravings (soldering, bondo, etc.), then repaint the camera either black or silver (Kanto can do silver).

thanks for the advice! and hey I just watched your MP video a couple of days ago!

 

[pushto1600]

There is a difference between M4 and M4-P top plates at the accessory/flash shoe. M4-P is hot so the transplant needs an additional shoe and you lose that hot shoe feature.
Phil Forrest

yes I definitely wouldn't be willing to forgo a hotshoe as I use it a lot

 

[B-9]

The M4 and M4-2/P top plates are virtually identical sans script. Excluding window variations.

There is no physical limitation to using the hot shoe with a M4 top. The space the cold and hot shoes occupy are infact identical. It would be hard to make a M4 hot but pretty easy to make a M4-2/P cold lol.


I rather like the M4-2/P on the front after owning a few. I did the tape thing at first but at some point the tape began to look funny.

 

[css9450]

Black tape perhaps? Certainly that would be the least-costly solution.


I'm at a loss to think of why this change would be desireable. Does the logo reflect or flare in some way inside the viewfinder?

 

[splitimageview]

If it’s a black camera you use use a black “Lacquer Stick” to fill in the lettering. There are videos online showing how to use them. They are available from Micro Tools. Its paint so it will last and is still reversible if needed. It’s better than black tape. May not be your permanent solution but the cost is relatively cheap.

Hope it helps!

yes...
easy, cover the white infill with black paint stick from micro-tools.com

assuming your M4-P is black chrome as most are 🙂

 

[Calzone]

I used a waxed "China Marker" from a hobby store to blacked out the engraved Leica on my SL. Cost was under $3.00 and is fully reversible. Alcohol preps are enough for removal.

On my M6 I used a red China marker for the M6 engraving. On my 28 Cron I highlighted some of the distance scale in red, and blacked out the metric distance scale.

The China Markers are basically like wax crayons, but in pencil form.

Cal

 

[aizan]

thanks for the advice! and hey I just watched your MP video a couple of days ago!

Lol, awesome! Anything Leica-related gets lots of views on YT.

 

[Rob-F]

I like the looks of my M4-P, just as it is.

 

[peterm1]

I like the looks of my M4-P, just as it is.

Though I have offered the OP ideas on how his object might be achieved I agree with you. I had one and thought it looked lovely as is.

 

[noisycheese]

Hey again everyone. I love my M4-P but there's something about all the branding on this camera that's quite off-putting. I plan to re-skin the camera with new vulcanite without the ugly red "Leitz" logo. I also taped it all up with gaffers tape which sort of does the trick, but I feel like that's a temporary solution. Is there a service that could take off the branding on the top plate of the camera? Is it possible? I'd like my M4-P to be as close as possible to an M-A with an M4 rewind. (Sorry if I wasn't clear enough in the original post, what I mean was is there a way to fill in the engravings so it's completely filled in and smooth, not just remove the paint inside the engravings.)

Contact Youxin Ye http://www.yyecamera.com/index.html

Maybe you can get a paint job in conjunction with your re-skinning project.

I think Y/Y paints M cameras, but if not he can probably refer you to someone who does.