M11 Black Paint: Can someone share experience?

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28 minutes ago, wizard said:

Quite correct, see my post above.

Thanks, but I think I’ll skip it. I didn’t purchase the M11 because I was hoping for a black paint version, but this is not what I wanted. Based on the photos, it’s similar to the black chrome.

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5 minutes ago, Al Brown said:

Just imagine your wish coming true if they follow the success of 2021 end-of-life M10-R Black Paint and just prior to announcing M12 they come up with M11 Black Paint...

I wish, but I don't see them announcing two versions of black paint for the same model.

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2 hours ago, Al Brown said:

"Lackieren" is just the German infinitive version of a verb "to varnish".

The official Leica naming for the lacquer cameras reminiscent of Steinway pianos (finish is applied in Austria and not much to do with Japanese urushi) found on MP and subsequent cameras was "black paint".
The official Leica naming of the powdered M11 matte finish is "black".

People who do not know the official terminology (not to blame!) are constantly using the term "black paint" for regular black enamel, black chrome or other finishes that have nothing to do with black lacquer paint, triggering the connoisseurs.

 

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You are quoting what’s on the box, not the Press releases Leica put out at the time saying the MP was finished in ‘black lacquer’ which was at the time a confusing translation for some. Known to an older generation Fender guitars were painted in ‘lacquer’ which was a  nitrocellulose finished using standard Ford colours straight out of the auto shop. So back then the understanding of what a lacquer finish was wasn’t controversial, it’s what you painted your car with. Until Leica reintroduced the term ‘lacquer’ based on a loose translation rather than a straight forward description for paint in English.

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Am 24.5.2024 um 18:45 schrieb hirohhhh:

Thanks, but I think I’ll skip it.

My post was meant to explain that as yet a real black paint M11 does not exist. The M11 comes in silver chrome and matte black, and while the latter is indeed a paint, it does not correspond to the 'black paint' finish known from the M10R, MP etc., but is meant to imitate the black chrome finish. You never know, maybe Leica will eventually release a true black paint M11, just as they did with the M10R.