Sudden lust for a black paint leica....... [Archive]

fixbones

07-12-2010, 05:44

aperture64

07-12-2010, 05:54

I only buy stuff I use and I am not a collector. But, years ago, I bought a Rolleiflex with a Xenotar lens in it. Original box, instructions, case, lens cap, hood, etc. Almost mint. I use it, but not that often. This is the closest I have come to a 'trophy' camera. I think a M4 BP would be the 35mm equivalent of the Rollei for me.

coelacanth

07-12-2010, 06:16

Yes the black MP I have is a luxury. I don't need a black paint Leica and my M2 works just fine. I don't even bother saying "black camera is more discrete etc."

I'll just say this: I beat the **** out of my MP with no babying whatsoever. It's even sexier than when it was cleaner, and I do not regret getting it nor "abusing" it.

shyoon

07-12-2010, 06:18

GAS attacks come and go, but for me, a Black Paint M4 is, and always will be, my dream camera.

I'll own one someday.

sc_rufctr

07-12-2010, 06:48

I lust after a brand new black paint M7... Then I'll spend the next 20 years getting the brass to show.

My Black M8 is beautiful but will it still be usable in 20 years? (Hope so)

norgas_co

07-12-2010, 07:18

I don't think I can justify getting myself another M-mount camera.
However I have this sudden deep lust for a black paint leica. Been looking at BP leica MPs and also M4......... I want it. I just want it aaarrrghhhh headache headache.

Just a pre-bedtime confession.

With a black paint M4 and/or MP3 perhaps you may sleep better, which would equate to being both healthier and happy. All advantages, what's not to like..

35mmdelux

07-12-2010, 07:22

Krzys

07-12-2010, 07:31

Because the standard chrome looks better ;)

goodtimes

07-12-2010, 10:22

Fixbones if you need fries at 2 AM also then I suggest to consult a gynecologist :)

coelacanth

07-12-2010, 10:36

Brassing makes it a unique personal camera, doesn't it. As highly coveted as is BP Leica gear, I wonder why they don't make more of it? It always comes at a top premium and nearly impossible to find brand new.

The most fun combo I ever had was a BP MP, BP 50 pre-asph Lux, and BP Leicavit.

The MP I got from you has got married with Elmar-M 50, been to France and Japan. It gained many battle scars, brassing and new leatherette covering, but still looking beautiful and working great. :D

Phil_F_NM

07-12-2010, 11:53

I hear ya. I love old black paint cameras. Always wanted a black Spotmatic. I second the lust for a black paint M4 but since I already have an M4, I'd "settle" for a black Nikon SP.

one of these days...

buzzardkid

07-12-2010, 12:19

There's a black Nikon F in the Classifieds, USD 360 with a 105/2.5 Sonnar Nikkor. Nicest brassing I ever saw, stellar lens. No connection to seller (who's selling it anyway?)

I'm being generous here pointing this out to you, mind y'all ;)

The black F is the SLR I longed for most, but I'm currently paying the bills through the nose, so no gear for me now.

Phil_F_NM

07-12-2010, 12:22

That's actually my friend Sam who's selling it. The body is cosmetically "worn" to be fair, but like most well worn cameras, it works perfectly. I looked it over and was jealous of it just last week, as a matter of fact.
I'd buy it right now if I could afford it.

Phil Forrest

buzzardkid

07-12-2010, 12:27

Also meant to say: I have a non-original BP M3 DS (1955) and its great shooting it. Get one.
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4024/4445546234_08b3df6a5e_z.jpg?zz=1

The only camera that is easy to afford and just as nice in BP as the Leica M3 is this:
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1252/4734040704_c0cfda5c28_z.jpg
Thick Black Paint over brass, and the lettering on the body is Woods' metal, just like on the black M3's.

I'm in the process of brassing that one now :D

dfoo

07-12-2010, 12:56

I love my M4-p black paint. I haven't noticed any brassing yet, but there are some paint chips on the back of the camera :)

fixbones

07-12-2010, 13:24

With a black paint M4 and/or MP3 perhaps you may sleep better, which would equate to being both healthier and happy. All advantages, what's not to like..

I Like this!!!!

anu L ogy

07-12-2010, 13:46

I've always felt that black looked better than silver period. I got my first M6 in a trade, and it was silver, however I found a black .58 m6 for 900, so I finally get to ditch the silver one.

Paul T

07-12-2010, 13:55

I do miss my black M4. But only a bit. I didn't take my best photos with it. Which matters, a bit. So I"m happy with my CL. Altho I have never taken a photo of it...

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e295/greenwichpaul/PT_S1H8631.jpg

Steve Bellayr

07-12-2010, 14:12

Get a black M6!

barnwulf

07-12-2010, 14:57

For quite awhile I wanted a black M4P really bad but they were all pretty expensive. Well, expense to the wind I now have a black M6.

enasniearth

07-12-2010, 15:19

I had a black paint m4, it was well worn and just in a way beautiful .
Knowing it was worth very much - it was not used much .
In the end I sold it on rff about a year ago .
The black chrome m5 that I use does not have that look - a black paint
Camera will show the brass and wear . The one I had was blistered in spots
On the paint .
It looked as if it was carried every day of the 41 years since it was made .
A black camera is very beautiful for sure .
If you can afford it you will not regret .
You must forget it's value and add to it's wear and beauty.

Keith

07-12-2010, 15:20

I hate these threads!

I need a black paint MP like I need a hole in the head but every time one of these threads crops up I have this image in my mind of a tastefully brassed ... well you know the rest!

:bang:

Phantomas

07-12-2010, 15:46

You people are too kind. C'mon, be a bit mean, post more BP pictures!!

sc_rufctr

07-12-2010, 18:05

You people are too kind. C'mon, be a bit mean, post more BP pictures!!

From another thread (apologies in advance if I offended anyone by posting it here)...

I just love the wear on this camera!

fixbones

07-12-2010, 18:06

PaulT,

What a shame you had to sell off ur BP M4.
That looks like something ppl will have to pry away from my cold dead hands if it was mine........

Alpacaman

07-12-2010, 18:36

I just love the wear on this camera!

That person sure loves their self timer :p

maddoc

07-12-2010, 21:10

I don't think I can justify getting myself another M-mount camera.
However I have this sudden deep lust for a black paint leica. Been looking at BP leica MPs and also M4......... I want it. I just want it aaarrrghhhh headache headache.

Just a pre-bedtime confession.

I have a black-chrome M7, M4-P and a re-painted (non-original) black-paint M2. The M2 will be in the classifieds here soon to found something else ... ;)

matt335

07-12-2010, 21:21

http://mattsutton.com.au/images/data/media/64/2.jpg
http://mattsutton.com.au/images/data/media/20/DSC_1235s_2.jpg

Nikkor AIS

07-12-2010, 23:53

Great shot of the MP and the Noct, Matt.

Gregory

fixbones

07-13-2010, 00:04

Matt 335: Nice.

coelacanth

07-13-2010, 00:07

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4098/4789059429_137f37c8dc_b.jpg

Still too young, too clean. Will see how she turns out after another couple hundreds of rolls.

fixbones

07-13-2010, 01:10

Just mixed myself a fresh batch of ilford rapid fixer.
Developed 2 rolls of tri-x in Rodinal 1:75 while listening to Jimmy Smith's Moonlight in Vermont.

..........and i am still lusting.

sc_rufctr

07-13-2010, 01:15

Just mixed myself a fresh batch of ilford rapid fixer.
Developed 2 rolls of tri-x in Rodinal 1:75 while listening to Jimmy Smith's Moonlight in Vermont.

..........and i am still lusting.

Sounds like a problem... Hmmm. What to do? :(

fixbones

07-13-2010, 01:38

Rehab i suppose =D

gilpen123

07-13-2010, 02:50

After 9 months still doesn't show any brass at all better get a #100 sand paper

http://gilpen.smugmug.com/Photography/gilpen-123/Leica-M6/789817903_ioDct-L.jpg (http://gilpen.smugmug.com/Photography/gilpen-123/10116710_MqE2i#789817903_ioDct-A-LB)

jbielikowski

07-13-2010, 03:25

#100 is far too much, something like 1500-2000 I think should work. out of curiosity I'm gonna check it later on corpse of yashica electro.

LChanyungco

07-13-2010, 03:26

i cant get tired of looking at a black paint LHSA M6, nice !

After 9 months still doesn't show any brass at all better get a #100 sand paper

http://gilpen.smugmug.com/Photography/gilpen-123/Leica-M6/789817903_ioDct-L.jpg (http://gilpen.smugmug.com/Photography/gilpen-123/10116710_MqE2i#789817903_ioDct-A-LB)

fixbones

07-13-2010, 03:38

Indeed, the BP M6 is something.

Gilpen, if you send it to me, i'd be more than happy to brass it up real good for you ;)

Keith

07-13-2010, 03:44

I don't think the word sudden describes the lust you can have for a black paint MP very well at all.

It's always lurking in the back of your mind ... it's always present in some small way even if you've told yourself you're over the whole Leica thing! :p

sc_rufctr

07-13-2010, 03:48

gilpen123

07-13-2010, 04:50

Oh right i was about to type #1000 sand paper. Fixbone, I'm ok give me your BP MP and I'll give you my LHSA let's brass it both down.

Nikkor AIS

07-13-2010, 07:02

http://rogaltacdesign.smugmug.com/Other/Photographic-Gear/DSC89635/921128513_ZLHUN-L.jpg (http://rogaltacdesign.smugmug.com/Other/Photographic-Gear/9663079_6aci3#921128513_ZLHUN-A-LB)

http://rogaltacdesign.smugmug.com/Other/Photographic-Gear/DSC9711/931202093_dWDKF-L.jpg (http://rogaltacdesign.smugmug.com/Other/Photographic-Gear/9663079_6aci3#931202093_dWDKF-A-LB)

http://rogaltacdesign.smugmug.com/Other/Widelux-F7/87020033/933399695_xM2jy-L.jpg (http://rogaltacdesign.smugmug.com/Other/Widelux-F7/12848798_sNiS9#933399695_xM2jy-A-LB)

35 1.4 Summilux on Leica MP Ektapress 160

Gregory

RFluhver

07-13-2010, 07:06

What are the differences, if any, between a Leica M6 LHSA and a normal TTL M6? I see from the picture above that the top plate features the old school script. Is that engraved or merely printed?

I ask because there are 'Japan' Leica M6 TTL (0.72) that also have the printed script on the top plate sold around Tokyo and these are cheaper than the LHSA versions.

Tnx

Vincent.G

07-13-2010, 07:41

Somehow I always feel a BP looks good when I see someone else carries it but it is over once that person walks past me...

Erik van Straten

07-13-2010, 10:33

I like the Leica M2 in black paint.

Erik.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2446/3759182326_da830a40fc_b.jpg

Roger Hicks

07-13-2010, 10:46

Black paint:

M9, MP, 2x Nikon F, Pentax SV, Pen W, Contaflex BC, 2x Nikkormat

Other black finishes,

M4-P, Alpa 12W and SW

Of course they don't take better pics than chrome, and indeed I got rid of my black M3 because I use 35mm a lot. But I still like them more...

Cheers,

R.

Erik van Straten

07-13-2010, 10:53

Another.

Erik.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3484/3754833186_7230f1eeed_b.jpg

coelacanth

07-13-2010, 11:01

Beautiful, Eric.

I have a BP MP and a chrome M2. My dream M is BP M2. One day, one day.

helenhill

07-13-2010, 11:20

Another.

Erik.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3484/3754833186_7230f1eeed_b.jpg
TO DIE FOR >>>>> :D

DabCan10

07-13-2010, 11:47

I've always wanted a M4-2 (in black of course) but in the end I couldn't justify the extra money and wouldn't enjoy it as much as a metered camera, so bought a used Bessa R (in black of course) but who knows, maybe one day...

Roger Hicks

07-13-2010, 12:07

With the R2 it has to be olive drab...

Cheers,

R.

fixbones

07-13-2010, 12:58

Erik: Those are lovely. Too much too much!!

BillBlackwell

07-13-2010, 13:02

Personally, I am not big on BP Leicas - nor am I a big fan of the M6TTL. But my all-time favorite BP Leica M is the M6 Millennium. She has all of the traditional engraving and the paint won’t (easily) rub off.

IMHO, one of Leica’s finest 'special edition' efforts.

buzzardkid

07-13-2010, 13:08

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4117/4790860739_29210d11ba_o.jpg
An 'Erik-style' shot ;) of my Black Paint M3 DS from 1955. Original spare top plate for early Leica's, has screw holes and never had a serial number engraved. I know the serial number by heart.

LChanyungco

07-13-2010, 13:15

An 'Erik-style' shot ;) of my Black Paint M3 DS from 1955. Original spare top plate for early Leica's, has screw holes and never had a serial number engraved. I know the serial number by heart.

what a beautiful combination ! Johan i still want that Perfex Wollensak :)
i've posted this in the "let's see your M" thread but i think it should live here too. here's my only black paint Leica :

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4094/4753959359_88efd20092_o.jpg

buzzardkid

07-13-2010, 13:20

Thanks Lem! That Wollensak of yours is winking at me, I swear ;)

Really nice MP, suits that lens fine!

fixbones

07-13-2010, 15:19

Have been doing some searching around the bay.
Some BP MPs on offer and BP M4s.

Have to say some of the BP M4s are looking pretty good..............

gilpen123

07-14-2010, 03:56

fixbones

07-15-2010, 04:33

Mobilising my gears. Planning to do some money raising..........
Lust lust lust

fixbones

07-20-2010, 20:07

Sold my 50mm C Sonnar.......

sc_rufctr

07-23-2010, 03:34

Mobilising my gears. Planning to do some money raising..........
Lust lust lust

I really know how you feel. My Chrome M3 is beautiful and works perfectly but I've been lusting after a Black Paint MP.

Maybe I should "Mobilize" my M8 :confused:

_mark__

07-23-2010, 03:46

Gentlemen, Ladies, some very beautiful cameras, I am envious!

fixbones

07-23-2010, 05:05

Peter: That MP looks like one that is for sale on Ebay at the moment...........

wjlapier

07-23-2010, 06:21

After seeing all the fine BP cameras I had my M3 painted by Robert J. I still have the original top and bottom in case I lust after a chrome M3. Tough paint job though--no brassing so far.

http://webpages.charter.net/wjlapier/M3Tanar5cmf2.jpg

sc_rufctr

07-23-2010, 06:29

Peter: That MP looks like one that is for sale on Ebay at the moment...........

That's right the photo is from from the EBAy ad.

fixbones

07-23-2010, 06:54

Peter: Was eyeing that particular MP for awhile.... not anymore though. Got news today that the 'cure' for my lust might be arriving next Wednesday =D

sc_rufctr

07-23-2010, 07:06

I've been watching it too. We'll see.

Meanwhile good luck with yours. Post some pics when you can.

buzzardkid

07-23-2010, 09:45

Peter: Was eyeing that particular MP for awhile.... not anymore though. Got news today that the 'cure' for my lust might be arriving next Wednesday =D

So, tell us, what did you get yourself as a treatment to your condition?:rolleyes:

fixbones

07-23-2010, 15:47

So, tell us, what did you get yourself as a treatment to your condition?:rolleyes:

Something black ;)
Will definitely share some pictures............