How do you like your bodies?

[kshapero]

How do you like your bodies?
Try to do a poll.
1. Black chrome
2. Black Paint
3. Chrome
4. Black Polycarbonate
5. Other

 

[BillBingham2]

Black Paint on Brass please......

B2 (;->

 

[Phil_F_NM]

I like the ones that work more than the ones that don't. I like them based upon their reliability, for the most part, so my favorites would be a Nikon F2 and a Bell & Howell 70DL 16mm motion picture camera. After that would be a Nagaoka 4x5 and a Nikonos V. The Leica M4 is down the list.
Many of the plastic ones (mostly "black polycarbonate") don't work as they were purchased as parts cameras to make others work.
I don't really care about the finish of the camera when exposing film though. Maybe it makes a difference if the weather is super hot.
I guess the green rubber over the green paint of my Nikonos V helps keep me camouflaged when I'm out shooting it in the wild of Philadelphia.

Phil Forrest

 

[agentlossing]

5. Other: olive green polycarbonate (my Heliar 101 Bessa-T).

 

[Deleted member 65559]

black paint over brass for small cameras. Mahogany or black walnut or ebony for LF

 

[KoNickon]

Depends on the specific camera body I think. Some look better in chrome and others better in black. I am not a particular fan of brassed black paint, as many seem to be. I prefer finishes that hold up well, and that tends to be chrome or black chrome.

 

[Disappointed_Horse]

Slender and shapely.


…Oh, you meant cameras. Actually, I'm not too picky—I like real cameras made of metal, so either black paint or chrome are fine with me.

 

[agentlossing]

I'm really liking the uncompromisingly magnesium alloy build of the Olympus EM5ii.

 

[kshapero]

5. Other: olive green polycarbonate (my Heliar 101 Bessa-T).

Yes very nice.

 

[kshapero]

BTW, I have 4 black paint on brass (Not all are Leica), and one black chrome and one chrome. So ya, I guess I'm a black paint sort of guy, mostly.

 

[markjwyatt]

...
I don't really care about the finish of the camera when exposing film though. Maybe it makes a difference if the weather is super hot....Phil Forrest

It might make difference if you are trying to be discreet (e.g., street photography)

 

[mpaniagua]

I would go for Chrome. There are some cameras that I like on black (like Leica M5 and Canon F1) but mostly chrome myself.

 

[Retro-Grouch]

Always loved the Safari Leicas; Not in my budget, however! Otherwise, black paint over brass, well used.

 

[Doug A]

Chrome for my Leica rangefinders. Black paint for my Nikon SLR's.

 

[majid]

Solid titanium. Not that I ever owned any of those Leica limited editions.

Otherwise black chrome.

 

[Deleted member 65559]

Solid titanium. Not that I ever owned any of those Leica limited editions.

Otherwise black chrome.

Sorry to disappoint you, but the M6 titanium.... is not solid titanium: https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/46729-m6-titanium-top-plate/

 

[jordan.dickinson]

yep, titanium coated only on the M6 and other M Ti bodies.

But, I think the Xpan body might be completely titanium, plus some aluminum/plastic parts.

That said, I love the Xpan and the M6 Ti I own. BUT, I absolutely love black paint on brass Leica bodies and other film bodies. Great look when they're used and shot with.

 

[kshapero]

How about Platinum?
http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/companies/Leica/Leica-M6/LEICAM6_GoldSultanBrunei/index1.htm#platinum

 

[markjwyatt]

How about Platinum?
http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/companies/Leica/Leica-M6/LEICAM6_GoldSultanBrunei/index1.htm#platinum

Platinum? Cheaper than gold. Make it out of Palladium, and I will be impressed! 😉

 

[zuiko85]

Let’s see....right now my favorite material is black on black foam core so, black I guess. But other than homebuilt cameras most of mine are chrome which is just fine by me.