Gold plated canonet...

januaryman said:
Or as a punishment? This is awful, isn't it?
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Some people have a soft spot for crocodile leather. No pun intended.

I'm sure that camera goes well with the white suit, cowboy hat, and oversized cigar. Not that there's anything wrong with that 😉
 
Vivitar made a limited isse of their series one lenses, 10 in each of 5 camera mounts and presented them to dealers in the UK to mark some anniverary. A shop in Bath had a set in the secondhand window so I asked out of curiosity. They were looking for offers because they didn't know how to price them. They couldn't decide if they should put a high price tag on because they were rare and collectable or a low one because nobody would buy them unless they were cheap. 😀

Kim
 
There should be a special execution squad to range across the planet - tracking down the cretins who take perfectly beautiful pieces of industrial art and - well - the only word I can use to describe this is "PIMPING" them. Canon would never have done this to one of therir own cameras. The skin alone is enough to make the perpetrator eligible for summary execution.

It's bad enough to see Russian rangefinders cameras festooned with Swastikas and bad German grammar . . .

And for the record, I don't even LIKE Russian rangefinder cameras. That said - they deserve a better fate.

Paul
 
Paul C. Perkins said:
Canon would never have done this to one of therir own cameras.
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I dunno. Looking very carefully at both the goldtone and the black ones above, my hunch is that both are authentic. The black one most definitely is. It's identical to mine and most fake black ones still have silver/chrome rings on the lens assembly.

Looking at the gold one, if it's a re-work, it looks like whoever did it took some pains to totally disassemble and plate all of the itty-bitty metal parts, even the screw holding the top assembly on. People who fake things like this usually don't pay attention to details like that and the result just screams FAKE!
 
Paul C. Perkins said:
Canon would never have done this to one of therir own cameras. The skin alone is enough to make the perpetrator eligible for summary execution.

Paul
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Although, it's not quite as bad, there is an official gold plated APS IXUS 'commemorative' model, that appears on ebay occasionally.

Found it Item # 300166877454

ps
Here's my recovered and original black Canonet
 
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To me there's a big difference between gold plating and black paint. The black paint looks sharp, in my opinion. The gold looks hideous. Perhaps it's only because I've not seen actual production models in gold, only the occasional Leica Thailand Anniversary Edition (yuk) or the Canonet in question. Anything gold plated without a darn good reason for being so (I can think of very few good reasons even-- electronic cable connections for one) seems ostentatious and cheap. Besides, I wouldn't expect gold plating to wear very well. It's probably extremely thin, and once it starts rubbing off, it will look even cheaper.

As for exotic leather, I'm not necessarily opposed.
 
Unless the original covering was damaged, why would anyone do such a thing? Especially the low key, sexy black model - WHO would put red leather on it??? Maybe the same type of person who wears a jacket with PHOTOG embroidered on the back while shooting? Oh well, to each his own. I'm only here to judge and mock. ;-)
 
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