IWC Doppel Posted March 20, 2013 Share #101 Posted March 20, 2013 Advertisement (gone after registration) The rental unit I got from LensRentals had around 8K clicks on it and the metal was showing through on the base plate almost all the way around. Darn shame they didn't use the brass top and bottom plates. If they had, a well-brassed unit would have that certain classic look that many appreciate. Do you have a picture ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted March 20, 2013 Posted March 20, 2013 Hi IWC Doppel, Take a look here Leica M Monochrom Silver Edition. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
Nick_S Posted March 20, 2013 Share #102 Posted March 20, 2013 The rental unit I got from LensRentals had around 8K clicks on it and the metal was showing through on the base plate almost all the way around. Darn shame they didn't use the brass top and bottom plates. If they had, a well-brassed unit would have that certain classic look that many appreciate. My understanding is that, as with the MP, in black chrome, the brass is treated with a zinc-like layer over which black chrome is applied. It is the silver intermediate coating which is showing through -- rub harder and brass should eventually appear... Nick Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markus111 Posted August 16, 2014 Share #103 Posted August 16, 2014 Just got my Leica M Monochrom which is a special order from Leica in silver chrome, I think it's the only one in the world, at least for now.... not anymore - got the same one - and.... happy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted August 18, 2014 Share #104 Posted August 18, 2014 The rental unit I got from LensRentals had around 8K clicks on it and the metal was showing through on the base plate almost all the way around. Darn shame they didn't use the brass top and bottom plates. If they had, a well-brassed unit would have that certain classic look that many appreciate. Oh- but the top and bottom are brass. It is just that they have a two-layer chrome, with nickel or cadmium or suchlike as undercoating. Wear it down more and you'll start to see brass. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etruscello Posted August 18, 2014 Share #105 Posted August 18, 2014 On the MM Silver Edition -- maybe I haven't read the whole thread carefully enough, but no one seems to have noted that the back of the camera engraves the city name "WETZLAR." Last time I bought a Leica "Wetzlar" camera was in 1986 -- the M6. Maybe that's interesting only to old guys like me. For me, that name still carries some photographic magic (like Jena, Germany, for old Zeiss glass.) I wonder if this is the first camera to bear that inscription from the new Wetzlar plant? Could it have been assembled in Solms, but merely stamped "Wetzlar"? If this is the first "Wetzlar" camera from the new plant, I wonder if that enhances its re-sale value? Can anyone address these issues? Thanks, Tom Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orient XI Posted August 19, 2014 Share #106 Posted August 19, 2014 Bought mine on 7th August (#43509**) thanks to a trade-in allowance from Leica for my coffee stained M8. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colonel Posted August 20, 2014 Share #107 Posted August 20, 2014 Advertisement (gone after registration) Wetzlar won't effect the sales value. All Leica Ts also say made in Wetzlar. Rgds Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
menos I M6 Posted August 20, 2014 Share #108 Posted August 20, 2014 Resale value? Digital Camera? Seriously? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulN Posted August 20, 2014 Share #109 Posted August 20, 2014 On the MM Silver Edition -- maybe I haven't read the whole thread carefully enough, but no one seems to have noted that the back of the camera engraves the city name "WETZLAR." Last time I bought a Leica "Wetzlar" camera was in 1986 -- the M6. Mine arrived in mid-july and it does not mention Wetzlar on the back - the usual "LEICA CAMERA - MADE IN GERMANY". -Paul Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colonel Posted August 21, 2014 Share #110 Posted August 21, 2014 Mine arrived in mid-july and it does not mention Wetzlar on the back - the usual "LEICA CAMERA - MADE IN GERMANY". -Paul Well looks like it got the country right Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Etruscello Posted August 22, 2014 Share #111 Posted August 22, 2014 Well, the Monochrom has been outdone by the M-P. The latter not only imprints WETZLAR, but does so in the original Leica Script! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenneth Posted August 25, 2014 Share #112 Posted August 25, 2014 Just got my Leica M Monochrom which is a special order from Leica in silver chrome, I think it's the only one in the world, at least for now.... Now i'm off shooting.... I am thinking Monochrome M Silver. I think the silver would go better with the 2 Summicron silver barrelled lenses I own Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenneth Posted August 25, 2014 Share #113 Posted August 25, 2014 Mine arrived in mid-july and it does not mention Wetzlar on the back - the usual "LEICA CAMERA - MADE IN GERMANY". -Paul Could be a Japanese fake, only joking Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenneth Posted August 25, 2014 Share #114 Posted August 25, 2014 On the MM Silver Edition -- maybe I haven't read the whole thread carefully enough, but no one seems to have noted that the back of the camera engraves the city name "WETZLAR." Last time I bought a Leica "Wetzlar" camera was in 1986 -- the M6.Maybe that's interesting only to old guys like me. For me, that name still carries some photographic magic (like Jena, Germany, for old Zeiss glass.) I wonder if this is the first camera to bear that inscription from the new Wetzlar plant? Could it have been assembled in Solms, but merely stamped "Wetzlar"? If this is the first "Wetzlar" camera from the new plant, I wonder if that enhances its re-sale value? Can anyone address these issues? Thanks, Tom Once Leica stop supporting it the camera will only have desk paper weight value, perish the thought, and that scares me a little. The people at Leica hope to be able to support for 10 years, big deal Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stealth3kpl Posted August 25, 2014 Share #115 Posted August 25, 2014 The people at Leica hope to be able to support for 10 years, big deal 10 years after ceasing production. We don't know when they will cease production. I'm sure there are some enthusiasts out there that have owned the same digital camera for over ten years. Perhaps you are one of them, Kenneth, as you seem preoccupied with the life span of the Leica Monochrom. Pete Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenneth Posted August 25, 2014 Share #116 Posted August 25, 2014 10 years after ceasing production.We don't know when they will cease production. I'm sure there are some enthusiasts out there that have owned the same digital camera for over ten years. Perhaps you are one of them, Kenneth, as you seem preoccupied with the life span of the Leica Monochrom. Pete Pete, no, I am not preoccupied by it's lifespan but I am concerned about laying out £6000.00 ish only to find that I have a lump of metal and electronic bits that does not work anymore. I am sure that there are people out there that can write off that sort of money and there are professionals who will have virtually worn the camera out in 10 years. I do not fit either of these profiles. I am a dedicated hobby photographer of 50 years experience who owns a couple of M6's with Summicron M optics + a Rollieflex 3.5f, all of which work fine and produce first rate results. So much for the head stuff. I feel that the Leica Monochrom M will add a dimension to my art which justifies it's price tag. Does that answer your question Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kenneth Posted August 26, 2014 Share #117 Posted August 26, 2014 I think I have arrived at a decision with regard to the Leica Monochrom M and that decision is not to proceed. Although it has many attributes and it is obviously a very clever camera the results it seems to produce are more monochrome than black and white, hence the well chosen name. I don't know whether you understand what I mean by that but I guess it is to do with aesthetics. Somehow the images I have seen produced by it are too clinical and perfect to a point that it is almost a false contrived image compared to good old black and white. For sure it is a more convenient process than messing around with chemicals in my cellar in winter when it is too cold to work but I can remember Ansell Adams talking about suffering for his art and breaking the ice in his development trays in the dead of winter. The most direct comparison I can give is CD's versus LP's the later being much warmer and somehow more musical and as a guitarist I am very critical of the nuances of sound and timbre so the M6's and my Rollieflex will reign supreme and the upside is that I am £6,000.00 better off which to a Yorkshireman has to be a great plus. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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