Huss
Veteran
If you're gonna mess up your camera, mess it up right.
http://www.stevehuffphoto.com/2015/02/17/the-leica-m-240-plasti-dipped/
( I think this is all sorts of awesome!)
http://www.stevehuffphoto.com/2015/02/17/the-leica-m-240-plasti-dipped/
( I think this is all sorts of awesome!)
Robert Lai
Well-known
Not to be too crude, but when I touch my baby, I want to touch her skin. Not a condom.
michaelwj
----------------
But I'd still have to tape my spare batteries to the top plate...
Looks like they should have just bought a black one to start with.
Looks like they should have just bought a black one to start with.
davidnewtonguitars
Family Snaps
So the plasti dip is its own masking, like frisket? Hard to believe it won't just peel off the chrome in a short time. It does look nifty, freshly done.
I think I'll try it on my Zorki, someone please stop me.
I think I'll try it on my Zorki, someone please stop me.
lynnb
Veteran
I think it looks cool, too, Huss. I wonder how he goes about seeing marked shutter speeds on the dial in dim light.
David, a BP Zorki is a beautiful thing (I'm thinking of the Zorki 4). Definitely worth a try.
David, a BP Zorki is a beautiful thing (I'm thinking of the Zorki 4). Definitely worth a try.
It comes off pretty easily.
JoeLopez
Well-known
God no lol
B-9
Devin Bro
The stuff comes off really easy so why not!
Its possibly the worst finish for a camera you plan to use...
Its possibly the worst finish for a camera you plan to use...
Rob-F
Likes Leicas
Yes, that is how I feel. That expresses why I don't want a repainted Leica. Chrome, Black Chrome, or black paint; it's all good. Repaint, Shmepaint. Dipped, Shmimpt. Do that to something else if you must. Not to a Leica.
What's the difference between black paint, and black repaint in terms of touch ?
Archlich
Well-known
It would begin to peel everywhere within the day.
Guess the guy must had regretted this, didn't use the camera much or had to repeat the painstaking process every other day. Hmm.
Guess the guy must had regretted this, didn't use the camera much or had to repeat the painstaking process every other day. Hmm.
Robert Lai
Well-known
The original black paint cameras belong to the correct serial number blocks. They were prepared in the factory with the intention of being black painted. For example, chrome thickness differs from black paint thickness. There has to be minute adjustments to make sure that black paint camera parts don't rub in use, for example.
Usually, people don't decide to turn their perfectly excellent to mint chrome camera into a black paint one. They usually use a beat up camera to start with, knock the dents out, and acid remove the scratched up chrome. You hope that they will do an overhaul on the interior parts while they're at it. In the end, it may outwardly look beautiful, but it's got the counterfeit feeling. The only time it would be honest is if you repainted a black paint camera into new black paint. But then, you have severely devalued the collector value by scrubbing off the original paint and patina. So, nobody does that.
The serial number for your counterfeit camera will be wrong for black paint.
It's as authentic as a "gold Kriegsmarine Leica IIIc with swastika insignia" that somehow miraculously looks mint having survived World War II, and kind of resembles a FED.
All the difference in the world: real black paint vs a repaint.
One is an elegantly aged, but still beautiful lady.
The other one is a tarted up cheap whore full of hidden diseases.
Usually, people don't decide to turn their perfectly excellent to mint chrome camera into a black paint one. They usually use a beat up camera to start with, knock the dents out, and acid remove the scratched up chrome. You hope that they will do an overhaul on the interior parts while they're at it. In the end, it may outwardly look beautiful, but it's got the counterfeit feeling. The only time it would be honest is if you repainted a black paint camera into new black paint. But then, you have severely devalued the collector value by scrubbing off the original paint and patina. So, nobody does that.
The serial number for your counterfeit camera will be wrong for black paint.
It's as authentic as a "gold Kriegsmarine Leica IIIc with swastika insignia" that somehow miraculously looks mint having survived World War II, and kind of resembles a FED.
All the difference in the world: real black paint vs a repaint.
One is an elegantly aged, but still beautiful lady.
The other one is a tarted up cheap whore full of hidden diseases.
Contarama
Well-known
Think of all the diy murdered out diesel trucks and fast n furious cars you have seen the youth of America (and maybe some of their fathers) driving the past few years and ask yourself if you really want to be like them...LOL 
f16sunshine
Moderator
That's cool but it will be messy soon.
The product will become loose and ding, bubble, break in bits very soon.
It's not very durable for such thin coverage.
Put it on thick to a tool shaft you want to protect... ok.
The product will become loose and ding, bubble, break in bits very soon.
It's not very durable for such thin coverage.
Put it on thick to a tool shaft you want to protect... ok.
tunalegs
Pretended Artist
I plastidipped the steering wheel on my '73 SAAB last year (because the original finish had begun to flake of in tiny particles that would stick to my hands). The plastic coating lasted about three months before it started to peel off, this on a steering wheel of a car with front wheel drive and no power steering, the stuff can take lots of abuse.
So no, it's not great for steering wheels, but you're never going to be putting as much strain on your camera's top plate as you're going to put on the steering wheel of a vintage car.
So no, it's not great for steering wheels, but you're never going to be putting as much strain on your camera's top plate as you're going to put on the steering wheel of a vintage car.
Chris101
summicronia
MAybe the intent is to just sit it on a shelf. It would look good for a while then.
Keith
The best camera is one that still works!
A friend of mine bought himself a beautiful red Triumph Speed Triple motorcycle ... then a few weeks later coated it in this goop. :bang:
sebastel
coarse art umbrascriptor
you can't discuss questions of taste. (or, tastelessness)
well. of course you can, but don't expect anything but an argument.
well. of course you can, but don't expect anything but an argument.
Chubberino
Well-known
Kind of a piss-poor article that is missing some quality step by step pics. so I guess par for the norm for that website. good thing he gets schlubs to do his work for him and help him get paid.
Chris101
summicronia
A completely dull, black surface would be most welcome for all kinds of things. From the days of lamp black and platinizing to today's polymer coatings, none of it has ever been particularly durable. Maybe some kind of grown on metallic fluorosilicate could be developed?