I love the way black paint Leica's smell...

[umcelinho]

i thought anyone could smell their film.... no?

 

[tj01]

i thought anyone could smell their film.... no?

Of course, but I'm still working on subtle differences between Acros and TriX

 

[Roberto V.]

I've never noticed it with my M4. My Zeiss Contaflex however, does have a nice leather smell to it.
BRB, smelling my camera...

Ok, I smelled some of my cameras, and didn't find a smell on either of my Leicas (M4 and IIIC sharkskin). My Contaflex has that nice leather smell, and my 1947 Kodak Flash Bantam even more so.

Had to post this picture of my Flash Bantam. I love its looks. Currently loaded with Tri-X


Untitled by Roberto V., on Flickr

 

[Creagerj]

I only smell my cameras to see if they've got film inside...other than that I figure they'd smell like sweaty hands...

How have I not thought of that. I shoot fuji supera all of the time and that stuff has a pretty obvious smell. I guess it's smell you learn to love, somehow.

 

[Phil_F_NM]

Old Vulcanite does have a distinct odor, especially when the camera gets warm on a hot day. I used to think it was gross but now it just reminds me that I'm shooting my M4 so it's got a happiness thing going for it.

Phil Forrest

 

[errorlogin]

Oh yes. The smell of the old vulcanite is really ugly. Even the hands and fingers smell like this after using the camera...:bang:

 

[Roberto V.]

Luckily, I haven't run into that vulcanite smell yet .

 

[Pablito]

this has to qualify for "most gross thread"

 

[peterm1]

It is possible to buy spraycans of "new car smell". Can you buy spraycans of new Leica smell?

 

[punkromance]

I didn't bother washing my hands after a 10 hour darkroom printing session. My Leica stank of developer and fixer for months after.

 

[sc_rufctr]

I didn't bother washing my hands after a 10 hour darkroom printing session. My Leica stank of developer and fixer for months after.

That's not so bad. I can think of worse things a Leica could smell of.