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8 minutes ago, 69xchange said:

Debating if I should get the matte blue M2 that was relisted by shueido or wait for a kanto overhaul to pop up as their overhaul is on another level vs shueido Cla..

The blue with the silver dials is just stunning.

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On 3/16/2023 at 5:39 PM, Huss said:

The blue with the silver dials is just stunning.

Received today, but after firing a few shots the shutter jammed.. Going to return it... very disappointed as this is such a beautiful camera.

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1 hour ago, 69xchange said:

Received today, but after firing a few shots the shutter jammed.. Going to return it... very disappointed as this is such a beautiful camera.

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Sorry to hear that. Will be interested to hear how the return works out. Will hope it goes smooth. They have some wonderful looking cameras. 

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3 hours ago, 69xchange said:

Received today, but after firing a few shots the shutter jammed.. Going to return it... very disappointed as this is such a beautiful camera.

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Oh man, that sucks.

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My M2, 50 cron V1 and Leicavit MP are beautifully serviced and repainted by Shueido. I am very impressed with their paint job and services.

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4 hours ago, RobW0 said:

Sorry to hear that. Will be interested to hear how the return works out. Will hope it goes smooth. They have some wonderful looking cameras. 

They have accepted the return and covering postage + full refund. So far so good. Its very unfortunate, but I will buy from them again once another M2 pops up in their store.

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11 hours ago, 69xchange said:

They have accepted the return and covering postage + full refund. So far so good. Its very unfortunate, but I will buy from them again once another M2 pops up in their store.

Did you look at the shutter to see what happened?  Did the curtains separate? Come off the rails?

Such a shame as such a good looking camera.

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9 hours ago, Huss said:

Did you look at the shutter to see what happened?  Did the curtains separate? Come off the rails?

Such a shame as such a good looking camera.

I looked and everything looked normal. Didnt want to mess with it either so I just returned for a full refund. 

 

Yeah, such a beautiful camera. I was so excited when it arrived too. 

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14 hours ago, 69xchange said:

I looked and everything looked normal. Didnt want to mess with it either so I just returned for a full refund. 

 

Yeah, such a beautiful camera. I was so excited when it arrived too. 

Why don't you have them just repair it?

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Hello.  Does anyone have experience of (or even better - some real life photos) of Kanto 'Gloss Black Paint' repaint ?  It's the one they suggest is closest to current MP black Paint .

(I realise I can look on their Instagram but members photos would be really interesting to see, if anyone has examples) 

Thanks :D

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3 hours ago, grahamc said:

Hello.  Does anyone have experience of (or even better - some real life photos) of Kanto 'Gloss Black Paint' repaint ?  It's the one they suggest is closest to current MP black Paint .

(I realise I can look on their Instagram but members photos would be really interesting to see, if anyone has examples) 

Thanks :D

No pics but used to own a few Black paint kanto lenses, etc. My take is, it looks better on pictures than real life and not as nice as leica black paint, but probably the closest you'll get. 

If you go with Kanto, I'd recommend not going for their 'used finish' as it looks fake, but their regular finish is quite nice, probably the best after the real thing. 

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5 hours ago, shirubadanieru said:

… not as nice as leica black paint.  …

Leica black paint  never looked nice (during the years prior to and up to the M4). 
Leica black paint bubbles and flakes.

It looks like shit.

 

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I'm not the biggest fan of the very shiny piano black used on MP and M10-R.     (All things being equal I'm more drawn to the more matte finish of M4 black paint). 

But I am re-painting a lens to match my black MP, so I think Kanto 'gloss black' will be the one to go for . 

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2 hours ago, grahamc said:

I'm not the biggest fan of the very shiny piano black used on MP and M10-R.     (All things being equal I'm more drawn to the more matte finish of M4 black paint). 

But I am re-painting a lens to match my black MP, so I think Kanto 'gloss black' will be the one to go for . 

Graham,

Shueido's semi glossy black paint matches the early M2/M3 black paint from the 60's and it might be easier to get a slot in their 2023 schedule !

The recent original  black paint MP might be just a tad more glossy . 

Shueido have shared a few examples online .

Cheers

JM

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20 minutes ago, shirubadanieru said:

@grahamc also please be aware that Kanto take anywhere from 12 to 16 months, so by the time they are done you might as well forget you even had the camera ahah

Shueido are about 2~3 months, and quality wise / service they are as good as Kanto. 

Shueido has gained a lot of attention recently ... you can expect to wait a bit more nowadays .

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Thanks Jean Marc @JMF, Thanks Dan @shirubadanieru

The semi-gloss finish looks definitely nicer to my eye as a standalone lens.  

But this one I want to match with modern MP BP & 50:1.4 Millennium (to my eye these look the same, and I'm adding a 35mm repaint).

So probably I'll go with the full gloss this time even though I kinda prefer the duller look .  

Fingers crossed! 

Best

G  

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