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kodaktrix · 05/09/08, 02:15 PM

If there is Chrome under the black paint it is definitely a bad done fake.

If there is "chrome" under the black "paint" it could be a camera restored with black chrome spareparts. All the M2 time dials, rewind knobs and frame counter spare parts are and where black chrome for some time now, as it was cheaper than black paint, so why not a top cover too? It was not before the M6J and the MP that black paint spare parts were available again.

So if the camera was restored e.g. in the late 70ties and 80ties with original spare parts these would have been black chrome.
Brass has to be nickeled before chromed, so if you see "chrome" under a black chrome you see nickel!

I would just get blood pressure if there would be chrome under a black paint.

Regards

Oliver

PS.: I have seen some black M2 that I thought were black chrome on ebay over the years.

05/09/08, 02:15 PM	#22 (permalink)
kodaktrix Erfahrener Benutzer Join Date: 10/14/03 Posts: 450	AW: M2 black If there is Chrome under the black paint it is definitely a bad done fake. If there is "chrome" under the black "paint" it could be a camera restored with black chrome spareparts. All the M2 time dials, rewind knobs and frame counter spare parts are and where black chrome for some time now, as it was cheaper than black paint, so why not a top cover too? It was not before the M6J and the MP that black paint spare parts were available again. So if the camera was restored e.g. in the late 70ties and 80ties with original spare parts these would have been black chrome. Brass has to be nickeled before chromed, so if you see "chrome" under a black chrome you see nickel! I would just get blood pressure if there would be chrome under a black paint. Regards Oliver PS.: I have seen some black M2 that I thought were black chrome on ebay over the years. Last edited by kodaktrix : 05/09/08 at 02:20 PM.