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Anyone have a high miler MM to show how it wears with age ?

 

It won't make a blind bit of difference to my desire but curious all the same as my m9-P starts to show brassing

 

My 4 yo black M9 (daily used) is just beginning to brass beautifully. My MM is less than 2 months old, and still mint.

 

But… The M9 is black paint, while the MM is black chrome, which makes a world of difference. I own an old Leicaflex SL in black chrome that has seen a LOT of use; a real beater. But there is not a trace of brassing anywhere on it, just a bit more ´shininess´ along the edges.

 

So, don´t wait for brassing on the MM. It won´t happen anytime soon….

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I've had my MM since August 2012. I don't go anywhere without it, and it gets used almost every day (I'm on the Blipfoto site, where you post a picture per day, and I ususally use the MM - Colin Templeton on Blipfoto :: On The Phone :: 17 February 2014).

 

The black chrome finish fiercely resists any brassing, but it does show marks and scratches. And the white lettering on the back is rubbish - it was flaking off within the first month. Mind you, I used to have an M9-P, and it was exactly the same.

 

Having said that, my MM seems better put together than the old M9-P. The leatherette on the M9-P was peeling in two separate places before it was a year old, but the covering on the MM is still firmly in place. The sapphire screen remains completely scratch-free.

 

I absolutely love the MM. The images it churns out are what it's all about. Best camera I've ever owned, by a mile, and I've owned a lot of cameras over the years.

 

Here are a couple of iPhone snaps of my MM. Note that the baseplate has brassing, but it's the old one from the M9-P. The MM one is safe in the box. The Thumbs-Up is the same age as the MM, so that gives you an idea of how resistant the camera really is to brassing,

 

Best wishes all,

 

Colin

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