Brass On Silver MM1

[fotografr]

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I wasn't crazy about how a black Thumbs Up looked on my silver MM1, so I used a combination of fingernail and steel wool to take the paint off. I think it looks pretty good. More importantly, it works well.

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Edited August 31, 2019 by fotografr

[heatlarx]

That thumbs up looks more great 😍

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[leicabug]

MM1 silver is rare.  They were only available 2 years after black version was introduced.  1 year afterwards monochrom typ 246 were introduced.  So they were on the market for only 1 year.  Known serial #: 43504xx-43507xx, 43515xx-43516xx.

 

Edited September 1, 2019 by leicabug

[otto.f]

Very nice. Personally I would use this design camera for color and not for b&w, but that is my personal conditioning, since I used a silver M7 for color slide film only. This brass could inspire to prints on Ilford WarmTone.

Edited September 1, 2019 by otto.f

[fotografr]

9 hours ago, leicabug said:

MM1 silver is rare.  They were only available 2 years after black version was introduced.  1 year afterwards monochrom typ 246 were introduced.  So they were on the market for only 1 year.  Known serial #: 43504xx-43507xx, 43515xx-43516xx.

 

That's what the person I bought it from told me. I had no idea how rare they were. My serial# is the 43516xx group. The camera has the new type 53 sensor and only 5,000 shutter clicks so it should last me a very long time--like the rest of my life, I hope.

Edited September 1, 2019 by fotografr

[fotografr]

9 hours ago, otto.f said:

Very nice. Personally I would use this design camera for color and not for b&w, but that is my personal conditioning, since I used a silver M7 for color slide film only. This brass could inspire to prints on Ilford WarmTone.

I was just the opposite back in my film days. I used my silver M7 for b&w and my black MP for color.

[wilfredo]

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Nice character, makes it look more antique, which I like.

[Giacomo.B]

Hello, but the MM1 Silver was born with new or old Sensor? One friend told me that all are new sensor from fabric.

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Giacomo

[Wyck]

2 hours ago, Giacomo.B said:

Hello, but the MM1 Silver was born with new or old Sensor? One friend told me that all are new sensor from fabric.

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Giacomo

I have a silver MM1 and my sensor had to be replaced earlier this year.  

[fotografr]

6 hours ago, Giacomo.B said:

Hello, but the MM1 Silver was born with new or old Sensor? One friend told me that all are new sensor from fabric.

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Giacomo

This one was replaced also. It is Type 53.

[james.liam]

The brass would look better on the black chrome, methinks. A black thumbs up on a silver MMI instead of a silver one might also do, especially with black lenses. 

[DwF]

Wow, it never occurred to me there were Silver MM cameras. I'm just thrilled to have what is basically a P body camera with my MM, but love the Silver!

[T25UFO]

5 hours ago, DwF said:

Wow, it never occurred to me there were Silver MM cameras. I'm just thrilled to have what is basically a P body camera with my MM, but love the Silver!

Also available in red 😃

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[jaapv]

16 hours ago, Giacomo.B said:

Hello, but the MM1 Silver was born with new or old Sensor? One friend told me that all are new sensor from fabric.

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Giacomo

There are no new-sensored M9 type cameras straight from the factory. The new sensor was developed long after the camera was discontinued. 

[fotografr]

On 11/17/2019 at 11:40 AM, Giacomo.B said:

Hello, but the MM1 Silver was born with new or old Sensor? One friend told me that all are new sensor from fabric.

Regards

Giacomo

This one had the sensor replaced after the original one developed the corrosion problem. There definitely were silver models with the original bad sensors.

[fotografr]

On 11/17/2019 at 6:34 PM, james.liam said:

The brass would look better on the black chrome, methinks. A black thumbs up on a silver MMI instead of a silver one might also do, especially with black lenses. 

Personal preference. I have both black and brass Thumbs Up and both black and silver M bodies, so I've interchanged them and much prefer the brass with the silver body.

[gunston]

Greeting from silver MM

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[fotografr]

13 hours ago, gunston said:

Greeting from silver MM

They certainly are beautiful. Yours is quite a bit newer than mine. Your serial number is 4391xxx and mine is 4351xxx.

 

[gunston]

11 hours ago, fotografr said:

 

nope, it is 4351xxx as well 😃

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[fotografr]

6 hours ago, gunston said:

nope, it is 4351xxx as well 😃

So it is. I was viewing with my phone screen but I saw more clearly when I got on the big monitor. I wonder how many silver copies were made?