IIIc Brass eyepiece paint

[alphonse2501]

I took my IIIc to attend my graduation commencement at last Saturday. After commencement over I check my IIIc and find brass eyepiece paint I used black marker to paint brassed inner paint worn off. This time I am considering to solve this problem, so should I buy IIIf's black plastic eyepiece or new IIIc's brass eyepiece?

[colyn]

Why not use flat black spray paint on the one you have. It's easy to remove it for painting. Beware the 2 small round glass pieces could fall out so be sure to keep the camera front down when you remove the eyepiece..

[eli griggs]

Golden artist acrylic paint, carbon black, flat if you can find it, and a small brush, should do the trick nicely. Just be sure to clean the metal with some alcohol, air dry and when the paint is dry, heat-set it with a hair dryer set on 'high' heat. Best you remove the piece from the body because of the heat-set.

[Dez]

I use a special flat black primer intended to go on aluminum for autobody shops. It is dead flat and sticks better than anything else I have seen on aluminum or brass. You can paint over it with enamel, lacquer or nitro paint. I use it as a base coat for any camera painting I need to do.

For your eyepiece this should be just fine by itself.

http://www.amazon.com/SEM-SEM39673-E.../dp/B000PKZ3IY

It's available on line or at specialty auto body shops..

Cheers,
Dez