Re: [Leica] Shintaro

[Javier Perez <summarex@yahoo.com>]

That would explain the tone. But I still can't figure
out the texture. I looks to be a peened surface. But
if you say you saw it and it was brass then I guess he
may have treated the surface before painting. Someone
said it was sand paper but I think he may have blasted
it.
That would add up.
See Ya
Javier

- --- Bryan Caldwell <bcaldwell51@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Javier,
> 
> All I can tell you is that last November I held this
> very same camera in my
> own two hands. The pictures on Shintaro's web site
> do not depict the colors
> of the material under the black paint accurately.
> The picture you see at the
> home page of the site is the same camera (although
> maybe taken at a
> different time) and is much more accurate. Shintaro
> is very attached to this
> camera and it is not his intention to have it
> looking like a showroom
> display piece.
> 
> If you are going to judge Shintaro's work (and
> remember, the M3 we've been
> discussing is his personal camera - not one he
> charged a customer for) by a
> .jpg, look at the before and after pictures of the
> other M3 displayed at his
> site. 
> 
> I agree wholeheartedly with Stephen Gandy on this
> one. I've owned both
> Shintaro refinished cameras and original Leitz black
> paint cameras. In terms
> of quality, I think the finish on Shinatro's are
> superior.  But not, as this
> discussion began, indistinguishable from an
> original.
> 
> I donšt know where you're located, but it shouldn't
> be too hard for you to
> find some of Shintaro's work to examine personally.
> 
> Bryan
> 
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