stevme Posted June 19, 2007 Share #1 Posted June 19, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) No, this is for lens coding, silly. Steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted June 19, 2007 Posted June 19, 2007 Hi stevme, Take a look here Where do you get black and white nail polish?. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
scott kirkpatrick Posted June 19, 2007 Share #2 Posted June 19, 2007 Just about any drugstore that carries a nice big shelf of nail polish will have a few whites (or silvery-white) and a black. Mine are Jade brand, and they were on sale. Acetone removes them (you can get it labelled as acetone, and I think that is what is in nail polish remover.) scott Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
carstenw Posted June 19, 2007 Share #3 Posted June 19, 2007 Use matte model kit paint. Easy to find brushes and paints, in hobby stores. It is harder to find matter nail polish. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eudemian Posted June 19, 2007 Share #4 Posted June 19, 2007 I will second Carstens advice. I used Humbrol Matt code 33 (Black) and I also bought a matt white, again Humbrol code 34. I got mine from ebay, they were cheap and came quickly. Tom Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpierce Posted June 19, 2007 Share #5 Posted June 19, 2007 I went to Tysons Corner and found a store selling O*P*I Nail Lacquer and I purchased Alpine Snow 24013 and Black Onyx 24070. As I joked on an earlier thread, I'm all set to look Goth. Search for a recent thread that included this topic. Some of the comments suggested finding more of a matt finish on the nail polish so the shiny black doesn't look like white to the sensor; some also suggested that painting the white dots wasn't necessary. Matt paint for models from a hobby store was also suggested; I'm not sure if this can be removed if the plate is used for another lens. Bob Pierce Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Hatcher Posted June 19, 2007 Share #6 Posted June 19, 2007 I've never seen such a thing and don't see how they would keep it from mixing together into gray. Most people have been buying a bottle of each. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
robsteve Posted June 19, 2007 Share #7 Posted June 19, 2007 Advertisement (gone after registration) Steve: I bought my coding paint at Walmart. They had small one ounce bottles of gloss white and flat back. It is a quick drying oil based paint that was in the paint department. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hdrmd Posted June 20, 2007 Share #8 Posted June 20, 2007 CVS Pharmacy; I think they are a national chain. With the Milich adapter the nail polish works and I could not get the Sharpie ink to be recognized. Thanks to J Milich by the way; he delivers in a timely manner. DR Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy Flood Posted June 20, 2007 Share #9 Posted June 20, 2007 I used wet'n wild from Walgreens...99 cents each for white and black. The reason that I chose nail polish is because you can remove it if needed with nail-polish remover. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
george_b Posted June 20, 2007 Share #10 Posted June 20, 2007 Is matt preferable to gloss? I don't want to use paint with hassle of removing it if things dont seem to work. Most nail varnish seems to be shiny so has any one purchased suitable paint or nail polish in the UK? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjago Posted June 20, 2007 Share #11 Posted June 20, 2007 Is matt preferable to gloss? I don't want to use paint with hassle of removing it if things dont seem to work. Most nail varnish seems to be shiny so has any one purchased suitable paint or nail polish in the UK? Nail varnish. I think the gloss/matt thing is a red herring. Ebay from a UK supplier. Pound something a pot plus post. Turns up next day. And you get to go to next season's fancy dress parties. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaapv Posted June 20, 2007 Share #12 Posted June 20, 2007 I used the little tins of Humbrol model paint: black # 33 and white #34.Acetone probably will remove those as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevme Posted June 20, 2007 Author Share #13 Posted June 20, 2007 Thanks for all the suggestions. I went to the local drug store and bought L'Oreal French Lip White 130 and something called Stroke of Midnight 580. As it turns out, "Stroke of Midnight" is a very dark red, not black. So I will have to try again. BTW, I find the Milich filter is an extremely tight fit, so tight I became concerned for the camera housing, especially as compared to the Voightlander LTM adapter, which is smooth as butter. I will try to find a real black and see what happens. I did find it difficult to put such tiny amounts on the adapter flange. I do not want to damage that lense that reads the coding. Again, thanks for all the help. Is there an on-line source for a black that someone knows actually works? Steve Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sean_reid Posted June 20, 2007 Share #14 Posted June 20, 2007 Thanks for all the suggestions. I went to the local drug store and bought L'Oreal French Lip White 130 and something called Stroke of Midnight 580. As it turns out, "Stroke of Midnight" is a very dark red, not black. So I will have to try again. BTW, I find the Milich filter is an extremely tight fit, so tight I became concerned for the camera housing, especially as compared to the Voightlander LTM adapter, which is smooth as butter. I will try to find a real black and see what happens. I did find it difficult to put such tiny amounts on the adapter flange. I do not want to damage that lense that reads the coding. Again, thanks for all the help. Is there an on-line source for a black that someone knows actually works? Steve A pure black nail polish should be all you need. I use a toothpick to fill the wells. Cheers, Sean Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinb Posted June 20, 2007 Share #15 Posted June 20, 2007 Funniest thread title this far! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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