Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/02/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]My M8 is showing a light brassing "patina". On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 7:29 AM, Seth Rosner <sethrosner@nycap.rr.com> wrote: > Thanks Frank; what do you figure the cost would be to remove the black > paint and anodize topplate and baseplate black chrome so my nice new M8.2 > would never show its brass base? ;-) > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frank Dernie" < > Frank.Dernie@btinternet.com> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> > Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2009 7:52 AM > > Subject: Re: [Leica] M8 Black, Be Welcome at home! > > > Hi Seth, >> The M8.2 is black paint, the M8 was black chrome. >> Frank >> >> On 7 Feb, 2009, at 12:48, Seth Rosner wrote: >> >> Steve wrote: >>> >>> I have plenty of mystique and more than a little cachet... >>>> >>> >>> Good on you, Steve; as for me, I can use all the cachet and >>> especially all the mystique I can get. A lady of my acquaintance has >>> said to me straight out, with a little more mystique and a lot more >>> cachet, I'd be in the game. Quite naturally and with aplomb and >>> dignity flying, I informed herself that I had no wish to play in her >>> game. >>> >>> Ceci dit, I am on the verge of acquiring my first digital camera, an >>> M8.2. Actually, it will not be my first digital; at the first LHSA >>> annual meeting I attended in Boston 8 or 9 years ago, at the >>> Saturday night banquet I won the door prize, a Leica Digilux or >>> whatever they called it. Monday morning Rich Pinto called and said >>> he had promised two good customers a Digilux but had only one and >>> could he buy my camera, so it went away before I could get it out of >>> the box. >>> >>> Now Lluis' problem has become mine: black or silver. Despite the >>> fact that most of my M lenses are silver, my user M6 is black, in >>> fact it is all-black, including a black 'Leica' dot - don't ask how >>> I did that!. I've even thought of having my two most frequently used >>> lenses, the 35/2,8 Summaron and 50/2 Rigid Summicron blackened in >>> Japan by Tom A.'s good friend, Shintaro Yaghinuma. >>> >>> P.S. Does anyone know if the black M8.2's are black paint or black >>> chrome? >>> >>> Seth >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Barbour" <kididdoc@cox.net> >>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> >>> Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 6:23 PM >>> Subject: Re: [Leica] M8 Black, Be Welcome at home! >>> >>> >>> >>>> On Feb 6, 2009, at 2:10 PM, Sonny Carter wrote: >>>> >>>> On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 2:16 PM, Steve Barbour <kididdoc@cox.net> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> and that small group of us are in fact, quite partial to the black >>>>>> M8's... >>>>>> >>>>>> if anything, this will add cachet to your mystique, >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> :-) >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> My mystique needs more than cachet added! ;-) >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> I have plenty of mystique and more than a little cachet... >>>> >>>> now I need some talent, >>>> >>>> but I do have a black M8, >>>> >>>> Steve >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Regards, >>>>> >>>>> Sonny >>>>> http://www.sonc.com >>>>> http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/ >>>>> Natchitoches, Louisiana >>>>> USA >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Leica Users Group. >>>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> >>> >>> No virus found in this incoming message. >>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >>> Version: 8.0.233 / Virus Database: 270.10.18/1937 - Release Date: >>> 02/06/09 11:31:00 >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.233 / Virus Database: 270.10.18/1937 - Release Date: 02/06/09 > 11:31:00 > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Regards, Sonny http://www.sonc.com http://sonc.stumbleupon.com/ Natchitoches, Louisiana USA