Silver to black

[jorgef2002]

Hello friends.

I need your help,on this one, I have a Leica M2 silver,and a Leica M6, the guy who sold the M6 to me from Sweden, said that it was a model called PANDA, because the rewind,the speed control and the film advance lever are black, have any one knows about this ?. The othe questios is this,I am thinking about buying a black top and a black base plate for my M2,to make it black, any drawbacks to this ?. any advice will be greatly appreciated.


thank you jorgef2002 :bang:

 

[Bill Blackwell]

The way I understand it is that (I believe it was 1992) Leica had temporarily ran out of silver chrome parts for the M6 production. The end result was a temporary run of Pandas (so called). And they carry a small price premium.

IMO they're not worth it as the serial numbers on Pandas produced by Leica are unrecorded and anyone can produce one him or herself by replacing these same parts.

As to replacing the top and base of your M2, you will also need to get the other BP parts for the camera or you'll end up with an "anti-Panda" - this can get expensive and the camera's serial number will no longer be on the topcover.

If you really want a BP M2 that bad, then just send it off to Shintaro. It would likely be less expensive that way.

 

[jorgef2002]

Silver to black

Thank you Bill, who is Shintaro ? and how do I get in touch with him ?.


thank you again jorgef2002 :bang:

 

[thomasw_]

Or, for refinishing, you might try CRR Luton in England: http://www.angelfire.com/biz/Leica/

I have read that CRR is much swifter than Shintaro in Japan.

 

[Bill Blackwell]

Thank you Bill, who is Shintaro ? and how do I get in touch with him ?.


thank you again jorgef2002 :bang:

Look here:

http://homepage2.nifty.com/Shintaro/top1.html

 

[borismach]

I like to use black Ms. Silver ones look classic though, and they are for collection, IMHO.
Cheerz
bm

 

[jorgef2002]

I like to use black Ms. Silver ones look classic though, and they are for collection, IMHO.
Cheerz
bm

Thank you guys for the info.


regards jorgef2002 :bang:

 

[Bill58]

If I were you, I'd think twice about Shintaro. He's really gotten some VERY bad comments over the last year.

Thank you Bill, who is Shintaro ? and how do I get in touch with him ?.


thank you again jorgef2002 :bang:

 

[rpsawin]

Here is a link re: M6 Panda

http://www.cameraquest.com/LM6Pan.htm

Bob

 

[laptoprob]

I painted my chrome M2 myself. Left the controls in chrome, thus getting an Anti-Panda.
http://www.rangefinderforum.com/photopost-classifieds/showproduct.php?product=8611&cat=500

 

[jorgef2002]

Thank you again guys. jorgef2002 :bang: