Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]How about taking the camera to a decent auto body shop? If you can remove all the innards before hand, it should be easy to get just about any finish you want baked onto the body. A recent episode of "American Chopper" (shown in North America) shows them building a bike with copper plated parts (based on the Statue of Liberty). Imagine a Leica M copper plated with a protective clear coat. Now that would be a beautiful camera! -dan c. At 10:17 AM 16-01-05 -0800, Stephen Gandy wrote: > >Slobodan Dimitrov wrote: > >> I'm much more interested about getting the M3 painted in black enamel, >> but without having to deal with sending the camera overseas. > >real world, it's not a worry. Shintaro does a great job dependably-- >actually inexpensive considering that his cameras turn out better than the >original black M3's or M2's easy to wear off finish. not fast, takes an >average of 4 months to get a camera back > >Shintaro will also paint your M3 a silver hammertone which is much much >better than the hammertone finish of the LHSA MP. better color, prettier, >much tougher finish. > >Shintaro's email is mp-3.shintaro@nifty.com > >Stephen > > >_______________________________________________ >Leica Users Group. >See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >