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vor 4 Stunden schrieb a.noctilux:

Strange,

like here as YYYY/MM/DD on the sticker/serial number

Better call Saul! 

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Took the MP out and jeez the paint is super soft. Paint is already scratching just by handling the camera. Not the color choice for anyone who is OCD.

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2 hours ago, 69xchange said:

Took the MP out and jeez the paint is super soft. Paint is already scratching just by handling the camera. Not the color choice for anyone who is OCD.

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It's meant to show wear, but if you want your camera to remain looking like new then that's not the finish I'd choose.  Go for silver chrome or a black chrome M-A.  I've had my BC M-A since 2017 and used it a lot and it still looks new.

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A new acquisition earlier this year...

Shot on film on a Nikon FM3A 🙂

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On 9/22/2023 at 7:10 AM, 69xchange said:

Paint is already scratching just by handling the camera. 

 

Don't fret, it's intended to show wear.  The later black paint (originally called 'lacquer' by Leica) of the MP could be a revised formula from earlier current version MP's.  If it is genuinely a more delicate finish, only Leica would know that. 

I bought my MP new in 2005, it's well-travelled and the brassing is very subtle.  It's ageing gracefully despite 1000's of miles and 100's of rolls of film and has never seen a half case. Brassy or pristine, I sill think the current MP is the most classy-looking of any past or present standard M camera.

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16 minutes ago, Ouroboros said:

I sill think the current MP is the most classy-looking of any past or present standard M camera.

I agree.  And despite the fact that I prefer unmetered cameras and I wish the BP MP had the full classic engraving on the top plate, I still want one.  

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2 hours ago, Ouroboros said:

Don't fret, it's intended to show wear.  The later black paint (originally called 'lacquer' by Leica) of the MP could be a revised formula from earlier current version MP's.  If it is genuinely a more delicate finish, only Leica would know that. 

I bought my MP new in 2005, it's well-travelled and the brassing is very subtle.  It's ageing gracefully despite 1000's of miles and 100's of rolls of film and has never seen a half case. Brassy or pristine, I sill think the current MP is the most classy-looking of any past or present standard M camera.

Yes, my Two early MPs are heavily used but don’t show brassing as they “should” by today’s MP’s standards.

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6 hours ago, Ouroboros said:

Don't fret, it's intended to show wear.  The later black paint (originally called 'lacquer' by Leica) of the MP could be a revised formula from earlier current version MP's.  If it is genuinely a more delicate finish, only Leica would know that*.

 

* Just to add, my 18 month old black paint M10-R is brassing much more quickly than my 18 year old MP.  I suspect there’s a difference in the paint formula or how it is applied to the camera body now.

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2 hours ago, Ouroboros said:

* Just to add, my 18 month old black paint M10-R is brassing much more quickly than my 18 year old MP.  I suspect there’s a difference in the paint formula or how it is applied to the camera body now.

i thought this was the other way around, my m10r BP seemed to hold up better than my 2021 production mp bp or may be i simply used the latter more without realizing it

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^ Don't forget that something as simple as a tiny bit of sunscreen residue on your hands can cause accelerated or immediate paint removal. Even on black anodized surfaces, sunscreen residue can cause immediate paint removal in places where the finish was already wearing thin, for example on the knurling of aperture rings and film rewind knobs.

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It’s a beautiful colorful day to be shooting some tri-x 😂

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My MP, from 2004, more or less 30 K photos yet, photographed with Praktica L and Hélios 44-2 at 1/000 f:2 on Portra 160.

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Just my MP which dates from 2006

 

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MP x2 🌞

Cheers !

 

 

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