i think i'm in love!

Please stop posting photos like this. Just when I think I have the GAS under control, someone here goes a does something like this. I don't think I have ever seen a camera sooooo beautiful. AAARRRRRGh!
 
i'm planning on repainting a black dial iiif as part of my camera repair project. i'll write a page on how i do it, so people can see how to do it themselves.
 
Aizan,
I tried to do this on a Zorkii 6 and the results were disasterous. I am all thumbs. My wife won't let me attemp may projects at all without her supervision. I can run the vacum without assistance now, after 25 years. I have learned to trust professionals. Camera repair and recovering is best left to those who know what they are doing, imho! Good luck with your project though. I hope to see the finished project here.
 
That is a beautiful camera; Shintaro does fine work.

Of course, I am waiting to see how G-Man does with the Canonator. Shintaro does not take in Canon 7's, and G-Man could have a world-wide monopoly.
 
I'm sure you know CRR Luton in England [http://www.angelfire.com/biz/Leica/ ] also paint Leica bodies. I've got a IIIf BD with them at the moment for replacement of the RF beam splitter (weak RF image) & "enamelling" which is their term for painting. Prices start about 140 pounds & I'll post a pic or two when it comes back, which probably isn't soon. You can choose to leave brightwork, i.e. wind-on knob, RF window surrounds, rewind knob original chrome, provided of course the chrome is OK. Peter Grisaffi sent the attached jpgs recently
 
I admit that a freshly-painted black paint Leica looks great, and even a long-worn patina looks interesting. But after a year and a half with an MP all I had were ugly scuff marks and fine scratches everywhere. Really looked just plain ratty. For a camera to use (and that's all I want a camera for), I'll take black or sliver chrome any day.
 
that's interesting. maybe it says something about what paint they used and how they applied it. tell me when you start seeing brass or primer?
 
The matte black paint on the CRR Luton examples almost looks like black chrome. The Shintaro example looks more like the shiny black paint used by Leica - very nice for dress-up occassions.
 
Dear Ben,

For a camera to USE I'll take black paint any day, because I'm going to use it long enough and hard enough for it to acquire a patina. My MP is already getting there after a year from new. My black chrome M4P looked so awful after a year from new that a Leica dealer friend asked why I hadn't returned it under guarantee -- and after c. 20yr hard use it looks worse.

Besides, if (as you aver) you only want a camera to USE, why do you care what it looks like, as long as it's unobtrusive? My cameras are 90+% use, the remainder pose value, and ALL my black paint cameras (Leica MP, 2x Nikon F, Olympus Pen W) score 10/10 for both usability and pose quotient. Unlike the loathsome black chrome.

Cheers,

Roger
 
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Roger,

Could you post (or email me) a pic of your MP? I have a black paint one only about 2 months old but I can see brassing on the edges. Not that I'm concerned, I'm into using than worrying about preserving a new look, but I am curious how the look wears on. Thanks.

Richard

Roger Hicks said:
Dear Ben,

For a camera to USE I'll take black paint any day, because I'm going to use it long enough and hard enough for it to acquire a patina. My MP is already getting there after a year from new. <snip>

Roger
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