Removing scratch mark on M8 top plate, how?

I would also suggest a dab from a matte black sharpie... It will do little/no harm and is a temporary fix.

I would also want to know how other deal with the top plate becoming a bit shiny in places?... I don't mind it accept it is not uniform... the places around the shutter sped dial and such stay the original matte finish and my anal retentive nature just thinks it look dirty around the dials compared to the nice shiny pattena that I have developed?... :bang:
 
Use a sharpie!
I did it today with some grey whiskers in my beard.
And your M7 scrAtches are just like those stray hairs.
Only noticed by their owner 😉

BTW
yes, a sharpie does work on whiskers lol
 
PizzaHut with all these people telling you its OK, don't worry, you are fussing unnecessarily, you are being anal retentive etc etc etc- don't you feel like taking a finger and lining them up and poking them all in the eye? :^)

In truth I have never found a way to fix this and similar problems and I know just how you feel.
 
I personally don't see the problem with PizzaHut wanting his equipment to look decent. Maybe this is one of those 'painful" injuries, and every time he sees it it reminds him of something unpleasant?
 
I find that if I worry too much about how my gear looks, I'm frightened to use it, and therefore I don't get good pictures.

Many years ago I bought a mint IIIg, box, case, instruction books, the lot, from a small ad in the local paper.

I used it twice before trading it in on an new M4-P, a much better 'user' Leica as far as I am concerned, and at at the time about the same in value. That M4-P is now beat up as hell, which I knew would happen, and I don't care. If I buy a camera to use, it will get scratched; if I don't want it to get scratched, I can't use it, so why would I buy it?

Cheers,

R.
 
Meguiar's makes a product called Mirror Glaze that the used-car detailers use. It's amazing stuff, hides even some surprisingly deep scratches...until the first time the car goes through the wash rack, but that's usually after it gets sold 😛 I don't know how well it would work on the matte finish of an M8, but at least it should last a while because you hopefully won't be putting it through a car wash 😛
 
You need to decide if your camera is a tool or a fetish. Tools get used and eventually show signs of use and wear. Yesterday I was shooting a paid gig with an M3 and two M2's with lenses from the fifties and sixties. They show their age. Nobody cared!
 
I think the key word in the OP is "Faint", the quick answer is, no nothing.

Am guessing it figured in to the price you paid, and at least you more than likely got good value for dollar and if you put a few scratches on it, you will not affect the resale value when you buy the M9.

My first M was a black M6, and I bought chrome cameras for a long time after I traded that one. Yes, I did not want to scratch it, yes, black cameras are in vogue, so while they might be the best investment for a user, (if you are planning to resell), they have the biggest cosmetic liability in use.

So, as you are not likely to affect the value negatively with use, and anything done to "repair" the cosmetics is likely to cost more than selling it and buying a nicer looking one, enjoy your user M8.

When you sell, someone like you will be looking for one of these users.

It is a bit bizarre to me that while black cameras are more valuable for cosmetic reasons, that so many people seem to post that cosmetics are not meaningful.

I think it is hard to beat chrome for durability on a camera, and yes I have a black M8, it was the color of the one available.

Regards, John
 
Al Kaplan said:
You need to decide if your camera is a tool or a fetish. Tools get used and eventually show signs of use and wear. Yesterday I was shooting a paid gig with an M3 and two M2's with lenses from the fifties and sixties. They show their age. Nobody cared!
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When you one gets over 3,000 posts here it becomes a fetish... 😉
 
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Black Electrical Tape!!!!!!

Black Electrical Tape!!!!!!

I use it on all my M's (My M6 was dragged to the Gaza Strip wrapped in a multi layer shell of electrical tape). Result is no worry about scratches, a god buffer against knocks, no rubbing marks, and most importantly for the street shooter, the appearance of a really ugly looking camera where the name cannot be seen.

Even some of my lenses get the electrical tape wrap so a hard tape shell forms (like a poor mans rubber camera armor). I have done this with my Noctilux. I then finish off the focusing ring with that special grip tape contractors use on the handles of their tools for a better grip.

Cameras are my tools, so I do the same. All the talk about dents and scratches never affects me. I am too busy taking pictures with my ugly looking M8,M6, and M4-2. What is great is if I ever want to sell, I peel of the tape, and presto, a MINT M CAMERA! Never mind it has been dragged around the Third World, the First World, or any other World for that matter!
 
eleskin said:
I use it on all my M's (My M6 was dragged to the Gaza Strip wrapped in a multi layer shell of electrical tape). Result is no worry about scratches, a god buffer against knocks, no rubbing marks, and most importantly for the street shooter, the appearance of a really ugly looking camera where the name cannot be seen.

Even some of my lenses get the electrical tape wrap so a hard tape shell forms (like a poor mans rubber camera armor). I have done this with my Noctilux. I then finish off the focusing ring with that special grip tape contractors use on the handles of their tools for a better grip.

>>A PBS program recommends the stuff people put on tennis racket handles.<<

Cameras are my tools, so I do the same. All the talk about dents and scratches never affects me. I am too busy taking pictures with my ugly looking M8,M6, and M4-2. What is great is if I ever want to sell, I peel of the tape, and presto, a MINT M CAMERA! Never mind it has been dragged around the Third World, the First World, or any other World for that matter!
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A local photo studio would buy Yashica 124G's which came with cases, put the case on the shelf, use them for about 150 weddings, put them in the new case and sell them. Dead giveaway, the sync was glued to X.

I wonder the ratio of Leicas needing service from sitting as compared with the ones from wear? ;-)

Regards, John
 
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