Michael Geschlecht Posted March 17, 2016 Share #3361 Posted March 17, 2016 (edited) Advertisement (gone after registration) Hello NB23, Beside the extra work for which (for me) produces no difference in result: Why "burn a bridge" that you don't have to? If it were me, I think I might do a little more experimenting/testing with fine point black magic markers. Best Regards, Michael Edited March 17, 2016 by Michael Geschlecht Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted March 17, 2016 Posted March 17, 2016 Hi Michael Geschlecht, Take a look here I love my MP. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
rirakuma Posted March 18, 2016 Share #3362 Posted March 18, 2016 I would consider going a la carte just to have that engraving and serial removed but there's a lot of memories on my MP Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
honcho Posted March 18, 2016 Share #3363 Posted March 18, 2016 Enough nonsense about black magic markers and what people should or shouldn't do with their own cameras, let's get back to the point of the thread: Leica MP with 50mm Elmar-M f2.8. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 13 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/267593-i-love-my-mp/?do=findComment&comment=3009691'>More sharing options...
andybarton Posted March 18, 2016 Share #3364 Posted March 18, 2016 Despite the MP being a thing of absolute beauty, I have recently sold mine. My "camera for life" became my "camera for 5 years", and it sat unused on the shelf for one of those. The friend to whom I sold it is very pleased with it, and I will continue to enjoy using my M2 as my film camera - if I ever shoot film again. 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbretteville Posted March 20, 2016 Share #3365 Posted March 20, 2016 Despite the MP being a thing of absolute beauty, I have recently sold mine. The friend to whom I sold it is very pleased with it, and I will continue to enjoy using my M2 as my film camera - if I ever shoot film again. I am indeed very pleased with it. Looking forward to using it over time. Cheers, Carl 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulus Posted March 21, 2016 Share #3366 Posted March 21, 2016 I am indeed very pleased with it. Looking forward to using it over time. Cheers, Carl So it stays in "the family". Enjoy your MP! 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbretteville Posted March 21, 2016 Share #3367 Posted March 21, 2016 Advertisement (gone after registration) So it stays in "the family". Enjoy your MP! Thank you, indeed it does. Carl Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gberger Posted March 22, 2016 Share #3368 Posted March 22, 2016 As an aside, instead of putting my a la carte MP on the shelf (eyesight!), I gave it to my son-in-law, complete with a Zeiss 50/2 planar. He's an avid Nikon DSLR user, frequently extolling the virtues of his gear. He grumbled a little, but put a couple of Tri X rolls through the MP, and had them developed and printed, at a Manhattan shop. Since then, I've been getting steady e-mails about the differences between carrying around a DSLR, with the issue of post-processing, versus the beauty of the B&W prints from "this toy!" Further, the deponent sayeth not. 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archiver Posted March 22, 2016 Share #3369 Posted March 22, 2016 Despite the MP being a thing of absolute beauty, I have recently sold mine. My "camera for life" became my "camera for 5 years", and it sat unused on the shelf for one of those. Andy, I remember your utter joy when you bought it. Looks like it's gone to a very good home. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulus Posted March 25, 2016 Share #3370 Posted March 25, 2016 " Bad hairday." This morning I was photographing between 07:00 an 9:30 the ceremony of getting the Red Barret of the Dutch Air Assalt team. It rained very hard, and had to sweep my camera dry. During the sweeping and some unlucky manouver, my camera got " airborne " for a fraction of a second and landed nose down on the concrete. I hop Will can get the metal hood of, which drilled itself into the summicron. I hope the MP Viewfinder mechanisme survived the blow and the bayonet is still right. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 1 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/267593-i-love-my-mp/?do=findComment&comment=3014124'>More sharing options...
Paulus Posted March 25, 2016 Share #3371 Posted March 25, 2016 I could not get the hood of anymore... Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/267593-i-love-my-mp/?do=findComment&comment=3014127'>More sharing options...
wattsy Posted March 25, 2016 Share #3372 Posted March 25, 2016 I could not get the hood of anymore... Ouch. Hope it turns out ok... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
semi-ambivalent Posted March 25, 2016 Share #3373 Posted March 25, 2016 Yikes. That's "my" 50. The hood did its secondary job; acting as a crumple zone to absorb energy that would otherwise have been transferred completely to the lens/camera. Lucky you. s-a 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
honcho Posted March 25, 2016 Share #3374 Posted March 25, 2016 Oh no! Hope you can get it sorted asap. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulus Posted March 25, 2016 Share #3375 Posted March 25, 2016 I was taking pictures here, after the session I whiped the camera clean from the raindrops because it was raining heavily, it slipped out of my hands...the rest is history. The hood absorbed a great deal from the blow in both cases. Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! 1 Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/267593-i-love-my-mp/?do=findComment&comment=3014224'>More sharing options...
honcho Posted March 25, 2016 Share #3376 Posted March 25, 2016 You dropped it on the truck? 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith (M) Posted March 25, 2016 Share #3377 Posted March 25, 2016 Ouch. Hope it turns out ok... +1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulus Posted March 25, 2016 Share #3378 Posted March 25, 2016 You dropped it on the truck? I know I was asking for this remark, placing this photo. I realy hope the people driving the truck are allright. I think the MP will be working well in a few weeks. The lens and hood are another story. The have to be cut from oneanother. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Geschlecht Posted March 28, 2016 Share #3379 Posted March 28, 2016 (edited) Hello Paulus, You might consider showing a set of photos of your camera, lens & rigid lens hood to Leica for a potential advertising theme. This unfortunate event is a good photographic record of one of the most important reasons for using a rigid lens hood. Without that rigid lens hood being there to crumple & thereby absorb a large portion of the energy from the impact: It is quite likely that the lens & camera would have suffered more extensive damage. I hope that the camera & lens are OK or are easily fixable. By the way: Your lens hood looks like a trusty 12585. Doing its job the way it is supposed to. Best Regards, Michael Edited March 28, 2016 by Michael Geschlecht 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulus Posted March 28, 2016 Share #3380 Posted March 28, 2016 Michael, I know in a week or so, if the MP survived the crash without internal damage and hopefully I know it from the lens in due time. If they survived I will definately e-mail Kundenservice advising them to put a rigid hood on the current 50mm summicron. I had this lens for a few years, but sold it, because the canadian summicron is my first lens and first love never dies, and because I liked the hood. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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