Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/04/30
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]If the paint is black, there's nothing "fake" about it but the price.:-) B. D. - -----Original Message----- From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Robert G. Stevens Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 4:20 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us; leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: All Canadian M3 Black Paint M3 Javier: It was a Shintaro paint job that I just had done. Even fake black paints are worth 2k if well done like Shitaro's work. I have a M2 on this page now. It was done at the same time. Not Canadian made, but a Canadian Summicron mounted to it. http://home.istar.ca/~robsteve/photography/M3.htm Regards, Robert At 11:34 AM 4/30/2002 -0700, Javier Perez wrote: >Guys >Let me remind you that with black paint Ms costing up >to 5K It is feasable to strip a mint chrome top bare >and have it panted black and baked using industrial >quality paint and processes. The result is a black >paint camera that is indistinguishable from the >originals. Only the serial number can denote a >discrepancy but since some were converted by the >factory it doesn't mean much. I would be very >skeptical about black paint Ms at this point. >Particularly minty ones. >See Ya >Javier > > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Health - your guide to health and wellness >http://health.yahoo.com >-- >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 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html