Question about black cameras

[Roger Hicks]

All the Leica black cameras from the m5 on are black chrome other than special edition or limited run cameras . The late m4 are black chrome .
The finish is actually rather durable , but ugly when it wears .
It's dull so not noticeable - if its worn the camera has seen a lot of 'action'

No it bloody isn't! My M4-P looked so bad in 18 months that a Leica dealer friend advised me to send it back. Certainly ugly when it wears, though.

And my MP and M9, plus the M8.2 I had for review, were/are all definitely black paint.

Cheers,

R.

 

[kbg32]

Hasselblad XPAN also, I think ....

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XPans are black paint on chrome. They look horrible when they get beat up.

 

[Pablito]

My XPan is grey paint, not black. The paint comes off with your fingernail.

 

[Spavinaw]

From what I remember reading at the time and what I read just now while researching it; The Kodak Pocket Instamatic 60 was the second camera after Leica to be made in black chrome! Really!