ELAN Posted September 14, 2016 Share #1 Posted September 14, 2016 Advertisement (gone after registration) I just received my brand new a la carte chrome MP, and of course, I love love love it!! I clean fingerprints off the top plate of my two-year-old chrome M-P 240 with a microfiber cloth, and with a few rubs it looks shiny and brand new again. However, doing the same on my new MP leaves dark-ish blobs where the fingerprints were, especially around the shutter dial. If I rub harder it gets cleaner, but I can't get the entire top plate homogeneously clean like I can on the M-P. Any tips would be greatly appreciated Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted September 14, 2016 Posted September 14, 2016 Hi ELAN, Take a look here Clearing Fingerprints from MP top plate. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
jaapv Posted September 14, 2016 Share #2 Posted September 14, 2016 Spittle. Or if you are a bit fastidious, a cleaning cloth for spectacles. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
earleygallery Posted September 14, 2016 Share #3 Posted September 14, 2016 It's going to get 'marked' the moment you use it again so why worry about it? Just use it! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
skucera Posted September 17, 2016 Share #4 Posted September 17, 2016 If the problem is the skin oils left in the grain of the metal after wiping the fingerprints off, you could lightly rub the metal surfaces of the camera with a good quality gun oil, then wipe off the excess with a dry rag. Then the oils your from your fingerprints won't contrast with the clean matte chrome. Just be careful not to get gun oil on any lens. Scott Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
250swb Posted September 18, 2016 Share #5 Posted September 18, 2016 This has to rank as one of those 'good grief ' threads...........If you use it you'll get finger grease all over it, then you won't be able to see single finger prints at all, but you might be better off just putting it back in the box. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frase Posted September 18, 2016 Share #6 Posted September 18, 2016 I find steelwool or sandpaper shifts most things....... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbealnz Posted September 18, 2016 Share #7 Posted September 18, 2016 Advertisement (gone after registration) I "thought" the same thing, steel wool, sandpaper, etc, but wonder sometimes if you suggest that and someone actually takes you seriously? OMG. In that case I felt it best to just let the OP work it out for themself. Gary Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
semi-ambivalent Posted September 19, 2016 Share #8 Posted September 19, 2016 I just received my brand new a la carte chrome MP, and of course, I love love love it!! I clean fingerprints off the top plate of my two-year-old chrome M-P 240 with a microfiber cloth, and with a few rubs it looks shiny and brand new again. However, doing the same on my new MP leaves dark-ish blobs where the fingerprints were, especially around the shutter dial. If I rub harder it gets cleaner, but I can't get the entire top plate homogeneously clean like I can on the M-P. Any tips would be greatly appreciated This is what Leica (and you), get for Leica's creating such beautiful tactile devices. I recall my opening the box of my MP ALC. I had chosen black paint, and it looked like the finish on a concert Steinway. Perfect. It doesn't look like that now. With time the new beauty of your MP will be replaced with a 'beauty' that you had a part in creating, and that's even better. Leica's ad copy is correct there. You, like others, will see. That first scrape is gonna hurt Mr., but then you can relax. s-a Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Geschlecht Posted September 19, 2016 Share #9 Posted September 19, 2016 Hello Sollico, Welcome to the Forum. Leitz/Leica cameras, lenses, etc are an interesting category of photographic equipment because they are in both the "collector" category & the "user " category at the same time. If the purpose of having this camera is to be a collectors item then simply leave it in its box, on a shelf or in a cabinet & clean it gently with a simple soft cloth with NO chemicals or abrasives, etc. It should stay pretty much the way it was when you first received it. If you intend to use the camera then the camera body will begin to show a SMALL* amount of body oil residue & the like simply because you are handling it. Cleaning is the same as described just above. It is interesting that your newer camera shows finger marks, etc more than your other camera does. Perhaps your other camera was handled for a while by you or someone else before you began noticing the need for a detailed cleaning. Or it is possible that the 2 cameras were plated differently at different times for different reasons. Altho many 50 year old & older bright chrome "M" cameras with simple reasonable care, as above, look pretty much new today. Curious. Interesting note: Because photographic technology was developed from laboratory equipment: 1 of the general rules is: Brushed or satin chrome is designed to be touched by people while bright chrome portions are generally mechanical interfaces, etc which were meant NOT to be touched, unless occasionally necessary. Best Regards, Michael * It seems ironic that the word "small" would be written in such large letters. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
indergaard Posted September 20, 2016 Share #10 Posted September 20, 2016 Isopropyl alcohol (sensor / lens cleaner solution) and any cloth. Doesn't really matter. The chrome finish is very durable. There's no reason to treat it like a baby. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chubkins Posted September 25, 2016 Share #11 Posted September 25, 2016 I find steelwool or sandpaper shifts most things....... definitely works well on rear lens elements. i do it all the time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
earleygallery Posted September 25, 2016 Share #12 Posted September 25, 2016 definitely works well on rear lens elements. i do it all the time. It's great for improving the 'Leica glow'. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Geschlecht Posted September 25, 2016 Share #13 Posted September 25, 2016 Hello Everybody, When someone who's photographic knowledge may be at a beginner's level asks a question that seems easy for some others to answer: It is NOT necessarily a good idea to give a silly answer. Some people might take the advice seriously. And then what? Best Regards, Michael Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ELAN Posted September 26, 2016 Author Share #14 Posted September 26, 2016 Thank you all for your comments. I am not new to Leica M (I have bought a few new silver Ms) and I certainly don't baby my Ms, but I do find that the top plate of my new MP shows more finger smudges than my M-P 240 does, and it's harder to clean the smudges off the MP. I can easily get my 2-year old M-P to look brand new again (just cleaned off all the ocean spray from yesterday), while I cannot say the same about my 2-week-old MP. Perhaps the MP has a different finish, or perhaps I should try using sandpaper as some have kindly suggested. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
indergaard Posted October 7, 2016 Share #15 Posted October 7, 2016 Thank you all for your comments. I am not new to Leica M (I have bought a few new silver Ms) and I certainly don't baby my Ms, but I do find that the top plate of my new MP shows more finger smudges than my M-P 240 does, and it's harder to clean the smudges off the MP. I can easily get my 2-year old M-P to look brand new again (just cleaned off all the ocean spray from yesterday), while I cannot say the same about my 2-week-old MP. Perhaps the MP has a different finish, or perhaps I should try using sandpaper as some have kindly suggested. Something must have changed with the finish then. Any alcohol based cleaner and a regular cloth or lens tissues cleans of everything on my wife's silver chrome MP. Her's is an earlier (but completely refurbished) model though... My black MP is easy to clean, but then again, I'm basically seeing the paint rub off every time I use a cloth on it... So I'm not sure if it's that wise to clean it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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