angelptp Posted July 6, 2006 Share #1 Posted July 6, 2006 Advertisement (gone after registration) Hi guys, Took my first colour film into get developed today - the negs look excellent! Hopefully some will be good enough to post. As usual, when I collected the film, I had my black M6 slung across my chest, with my 90mm chrome lens attached. The dude behind the counter mumbled something as I inspected my negs on the light box, and I asked him to repeat it because I missed it the first time. He replied: "I said - how can you have a black Leica with a chrome lens?" I replied: "What are you talking about?" "You clearly just bought that stuff - no real Leica user would use a black camera and a chrome lens. It's just not done - looks ugly." At this stage I just stared at the guy. I said: "This is a strange conversation to have in a photo lab. Are you telling me you could tell before I walked in that my camera was one colour and my lens another?" "Of course not, but I can now. I just thought I'd warn you that your ignorance of Leica shows by mismatching lens and camera, that's all. No offence or anything..." I left, naturally, and figured that I had just encountered the man whose picture appears next to the word "Idiot" in the dictionary. Then I thought - oh god, what if he is right? What if people who use Leica are more concerned with what it looks like than what it produces? So, in order to settle the issue - let me know what's accepted? I can't really imagine that anyone would even consider the issue for more than three seconds, but then I could be wrong? Let me know? Pete Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted July 6, 2006 Posted July 6, 2006 Hi angelptp, Take a look here Black M6 and Chrome 90mm Summicron-M?. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
mgcd Posted July 6, 2006 Share #2 Posted July 6, 2006 Pete - I'm sure you have MUCH better things to worry about... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Bernd Banken Posted July 6, 2006 Share #3 Posted July 6, 2006 damn guy you met... Let me tell you a short story: Once upon a time, Eric Clapton bought several Fender Stratocaster guitars. He changed the necks, electronics and other parts, so he created as he called a 'bastard'. Playing this guitar, named Blacky, people lost their minds when they listened to his music. Someone made a graffitti with the slogan "Clapton is god". Would some dude would have asked Mr. Clapton: Sorry Sir, the neck from your guitar doesn't correspond with the body, because....bla bla bla...? Next time you should say to such 'specialists: Thanks for your comments about the silver type, but this is the version for Australia, the hot sun you know, a black color could heat up the focal length bla, bla, bla... ;-) Just feel yourself happy with the gar you have, the results out of it are important. Regards from Bernd who would use even a yellow M - if it would be for free ,-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
imported_peter_m Posted July 6, 2006 Share #4 Posted July 6, 2006 This is real bad, better box it all up and send it to me Peter Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelptp Posted July 6, 2006 Author Share #5 Posted July 6, 2006 Thought so - cheers guys! Peter - not in your wildest dreams! I'm gonna wear this stuff out! Pete Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hammertone Posted July 6, 2006 Share #6 Posted July 6, 2006 Just forget this guy and his stupid comments. In case it helps, note that Leica itself matched a black M body with a chrome lens for the camera presented to the czech president Václav Havel in 2000. Not to mention all the pre-war Leica combinations which usually consisted of a black body and a chrome (or nickel) lens. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stumac Posted July 6, 2006 Share #7 Posted July 6, 2006 Advertisement (gone after registration) At least the guy had enough brain to recognise a Leica, I went to a store in Melbourne for a filter and was asked what make of camera? " A Leica camera", guy replied, "yes but what brand of camera. Regards, Stuart Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
perry Posted July 6, 2006 Share #8 Posted July 6, 2006 A black body with a chrome lens??? Oh my! I hope Andreas doesn't read this. If he does you will probably be banned from this forum. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
marknorton Posted July 6, 2006 Share #9 Posted July 6, 2006 It's irrelevant how you match lens and body. He'll be complaining next about putting a Zeiss lens on it because the blue flag clashes with the red dot. That said, chrome lenses do seem to be falling out of favour and a number of them have been dropped, for example, the 21mm Elmarit. What a classic from our friend in the Melbourne shop. Doesn't look like the qualification requirements are any higher than they are in the UK. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
terry_sham Posted July 6, 2006 Share #10 Posted July 6, 2006 I know the black body and silver lens combination is quite pouplar in Japan, even collectors. How about the Ur-Leica's black body and brass lens combination? Ugly also? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelptp Posted July 6, 2006 Author Share #11 Posted July 6, 2006 I know - incredibly stupid, but it did freak me out for a little while! Stuart, I like the story about the camera shop in Melb, just as well you didn't mention who it was. It's a problem these days - so many shops sell cameras as a side business, and pay staff starvation wages, so there's no wonder the staff have no idea of the business they are in! Anyway, I've got scanning to do! I'll bung some up if there's anything usable on the film. Pete Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
earleygallery Posted July 6, 2006 Share #12 Posted July 6, 2006 I have refused to buy any of the gold plated special edition Leica's, until they decided to release a full range of gold plated lenses. Can you imagine the public disgrace of using say a black lens on a gold body?! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
angelptp Posted July 6, 2006 Author Share #13 Posted July 6, 2006 James, I'm with you mate. That was the only thing holding me back from buyin those gold Leicas - the lack of similar lenses. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hammertone Posted July 6, 2006 Share #14 Posted July 6, 2006 James, I'm with you mate. That was the only thing holding me back from buyin those gold Leicas - the lack of similar lenses. Good that you asked. There is help for you: http://www.leicagallery.com/goldlensessb.htm For just 49,995 USD you get a 50mm Summicron AND a 35mm Summilux. That's what I call a bargain ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptomsu Posted July 11, 2006 Share #15 Posted July 11, 2006 although colour combinations do NOT matter for picture quality, I prefer all black! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hans_s Posted July 12, 2006 Share #16 Posted July 12, 2006 How about a black crome body with a black paint lens? It's all black but still different in finish. Would such a combination be "allowed" or is it also a blasphemy in the eyes of the faithful? /Hans Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael-IIIf Posted July 12, 2006 Share #17 Posted July 12, 2006 Maybe that's what was said to Zidane? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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