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12 hours ago, Ouroboros said:

MP and new CV 50mm f1.5 Heliar Classic.

 

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Love to hear your experiences with the CV Heliar lens.

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A little question

How long does your bp mp start  to brass? This days I have been looking for my forever camera, and finally I am going to select the brand new black chrome ma or bp mp. I have known lots of guys say that their bp mp brassed quickly on the internet. Actually I don't like or hate this special effect, just to get a black brand new leica that could accompany me all the time and not so striking as silver one.😀

By the way,  the videos of OP on bilibili are quite good.

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1 hour ago, Elias Chen said:

A little question

How long does your bp mp start  to brass? This days I have been looking for my forever camera, and finally I am going to select the brand new black chrome ma or bp mp. I have known lots of guys say that their bp mp brassed quickly on the internet. Actually I don't like or hate this special effect, just to get a black brand new leica that could accompany me all the time and not so striking as silver one.😀

By the way,  the videos of OP on bilibili are quite good.

I bought my MP new in 2006.  It's never been carried in a case and often it's in a backpack with no padding or protection,  I've not abused it but I haven't been over protective of it either. 

Some seem to brass very quickly and others, like mine seem to be more durable.  It has a minor amount of brassing on the wind-on lever and the rewind knob and a tiny bit on the corners of the top plate step.  Some of the white script has yellowed but that's about the visible extent of nearly 16 years of regular use, 100's of rolls of film and a lot of miles travelled. 

 

 

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On 12/17/2021 at 9:35 PM, Ouroboros said:

I bought my MP new in 2006.  It's never been carried in a case and often it's in a backpack with no padding or protection,  I've not abused it but I haven't been over protective of it either. 

Some seem to brass very quickly and others, like mine seem to be more durable.  It has a minor amount of brassing on the wind-on lever and the rewind knob and a tiny bit on the corners of the top plate step.  Some of the white script has yellowed but that's about the visible extent of nearly 16 years of regular use, 100's of rolls of film and a lot of miles travelled. 

 

 

Thanks a lot, it seems to have individual differences among MPs on brassing.

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M4...a beauty and the smoothest M I ever owned. (M2 is close) 😊

 

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Here are a 24x27 ex Leica Post camera fitted with a black chromed M3 top cover + a M2 rangefinder unit and two non original black paint M3 cameras !

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Leica M-A with black paint parts !

 

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I was feeling trendy and cool so experiment scanning my own negatives with a medium format camera. My first attempt. 

Excuse the dust etc and the bad crops.

Portra 800. Leica MP.

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12 hours ago, maxfairclough said:

I was feeling trendy and cool so experiment scanning my own negatives with a medium format camera. My first attempt. 

Excuse the dust etc and the bad crops.

Portra 800. Leica MP.

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sorry just realise I am in the wrong thread.

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I always like looking at these black paint M's, especially the original, old ones, where every scratch, rub, brassed area represented something, but when I've had a black paint camera (various MP's, several Leicaflex SL. a few F's), it never meant much in my hands when out in the field shooting.  Ha, ha, wish I picked up a couple in the 90's though when they were cheap(er).  Read somewhere that black paint was only a $50 or so upgrade back in the day.  Once I brassed an M7 by knocking it against a wall.  A chunk of silver flaked off, revealing the brass underneath.  Still have a couple black paint F's.  Maybe they'll have some value someday but not holding my breath.

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Here’s my BP pair…

 

 

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Leica black army.

 

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On 1/4/2022 at 9:58 PM, Guest JMF said:

Here are a 24x27 ex Leica Post camera fitted with a black chromed M3 top cover + a M2 rangefinder unit and two non original black paint M3 cameras !

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Are those Thumbs UP's on film cameras?

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