Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Joe The Shintaro cameras that I have handled looked fairly well "brassed". Had nothing at all to do with the pics on his website except one pic of his own well worn Leica. There is no such thing as "too durable", except to perverts who take sandpaper to the edges of their cameras. Nothing in the world is "too durable", whether it be cameras, shotguns, sports cars or women. Jerry Joseph Yao wrote: > on 14/9/03 7:44 am, Jerry Lehrer at jerryleh@pacbell.net wrote: > > > I have seen Shintaros website for years, and I know that his > > finish does not last for a working camera. > > I didn't realise one can judge the durability of a paint finish from looking > at a website ;-) ;-) > > I have had over forty cameras painted by Shintaro and the finish is very > durable, more so that the current factory black paint, and much more durable > than the original Leitz finish. > > As a matter of fact, I find Shintaro's finish too durable and some of my > more heavily used cameras do not brass soon enough. > > Cheers, > > Joseph > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html