Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Mike, I have a original black paint M2 and it has tons of patina even with being pretty banged up and with the usual brassing, my all time favorite camera. By contrast, my chrome M2 except for a couple scuff marks looks almost new. Steve Annapolis - ---------- >From: Mike Johnston <michaeljohnston@ameritech.net> >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Subject: [Leica] Black paint and brass >Date: Tue, Jan 4, 2000, 4:01 PM > > > >I think the absolute best finish is black paint with a lot of brass >showing through. I know the original question was about "durability" and >I suppose the reason is a finicky desire to keep an expensive camera >looking new, but I think a brassed camera is wonderfully durable in a >different sense...because you simply can't make it look any worse. And >yet it doesn't look bad, it looks great. Very comfortable, that kind of >finish. > >--Mike > >