Stealthifying an M8 properly

I must say that I'm astonished by the attitude some of you people have. "I'm right and everybody else is an idiot", or what? You don't have to remove your logos if you don't want to. You also don't have to tell me what's important to me, right?

The word "stealth" doesn't really apply for my needs in this case. I just chose it because I've seen some people here use it, and I thought it would fit the topic.

The white, shiny M8 (or M7, or M9) logo really doesn't fit in with the rest of the design, in my opinion. So I wanted it removed in a good looking way, not with tape.
That less people will even see that I'm wearing a camera is a bonus. And a fact. It's dark outside up here from 3 pm, and I'm wearing a dark coat. A totally black camera will of course be more camouflaged than one with a white logo.
 
Don't the red dot give you away?

Should have been warned :bang:
Seller told me that the paint went with the tape he had used 🙄
He forgot to tell me about the chip-error though and now my new investment is in for repair 😡
 
Makten said:
I must say that I'm astonished by the attitude some of you people have.
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i must say, i'm not. i have watched the attitudes in this forum for a while, and then decided to no longer actively contribute. time is too valuable to waste it with this needless eye hacking.

makten, thanks for the pic of the "cleaned up" logo (and for having the balls to show it).
🙂

cheers
sebastian
 
Makten said:
I haven't come to think of a good way to remove it, so it'll stay. 😀
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Makten: At Schönherrs they told me to just put a drop of solvent on the edge of the dot (aceton) and wait a couple of minutes, then it will come off and you can paint it black or whatever. Just glue it back when you're finished.

And I'm really enjoying the thread! A lot of funny comments and not-so-subtle humour. 🙂
They're all nice guys, really!
 
Tape works well for me. Not for stealth, I just dislike big logos.

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stig_dahlin said:
Makten: At Schönherrs they told me to just put a drop of solvent on the edge of the dot (aceton) and wait a couple of minutes, then it will come off and you can paint it black or whatever. Just glue it back when you're finished.
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Sounds a bit dangerous. Isn't the dot plastic? Then acetone could melt it. 😱 Actually that's what's happening with the white paint.
We'll see...

And I'm really enjoying the thread! A lot of funny comments and not-so-subtle humour. 🙂
They're all nice guys, really!
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Yeah, nothing wrong with sarcastic humour! But I'm sure everything's not about that. 🙄
 
Makten,
I think the more subtle logo you've got by taking the paint out of the engraving looks better. And I can see no reason to poke fun at you for you making your camera to your liking.
I will note that in my area, I have had two different people ask me about two different cameras and those people clearly didn't notice/read the logo on the cameras;
a few days ago, I was sitting down to lunch, set my Bessa R2A down on the table and a guy the next table over asked me, "Is that a Leica?" even though the white "Bessa R2A" on the front of the camera was facing him. Previously, another person asked me if my Kiev was a Yashica and that guy was all of 3 or 4 feet from me and should have been able to read the larg-ish "KNEB" on the front of the camera. Except for us cameera geeks, I think most people don't notice.
Rob
 
Makten is just having fun with his camera, why does everyone have to get on his case about it? The interesting thing is that, except for a few "older" people (now remember, I'm 51 myself), the only person who recognized my M6TTL (back when I still had it) was a young lady, probably in her mid-20s. As she and her boyfriend passed by me, my camera was up to eye, and I heard her say, "Look, it's a Leica." Now, she was within inches of my face, so I'm sure she was reading the bright, white lettering, and had not recognized the camera body for itself.
 
marke said:
Makten is just having fun with his camera, why does everyone have to get on his case about it? The interesting thing is that, except for a few "older" people (now remember, I'm 51 myself), the only person who recognized my M6TTL (back when I still had it) was a young lady, probably in her mid-20s. As she and her boyfriend passed by me, my camera was up to eye, and I heard her say, "Look, it's a Leica." Now, she was within inches of my face, so I'm sure she was reading the bright, white lettering, and had not recognized the camera body for itself.
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Or maybe not. I get the occasional smile and thumbs-up from Londoners of all ages when walking my M3.
 
it looks good makten. i pretty much tape up my cameras as soon as they arrive but your methods looks good!

one day when i feel ambitious enough i will attempt to permanently black out the dot and the m(whatever) part.
 
Fun's fine. It's pretty. It's just the 'stealth' aspect I have a problem with. But then, the OP said he chose the word 'stealth' pretty much tongue-in-cheek anyway.

About a dozen people a year recognize my Leicas. About as many as recognize me, despite the photograph beside the AP column! (Yes, Fez, ir's me, but my PMs aren't working).

Cheers,

R.
 
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