Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Or, more to the point, consider yourself lucky if you actually prefer using the equipment to obsessing over its condition... > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Craig > Roberts > Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2000 10:50 AM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Subject: Re: [Leica] M6 black paint/brassing > > > > RE: "Brassing is the whole point of the black paint camera...... > isn't it?" > > Okay, let me get this straight: if a chrome body has a few "bright marks" > or any other sign that it's actually been used to (gulp) take > pictures, its > value deteriorates dramatically, right? Yet if a black body gets beat > up....well...you get the point. > > Why not remove the paint altogether and display the camera in polished > brass? That, in my mind, would look beautiful, indeed. And, f the brass > weren't lacquered, it would tarnish quickly and, thus, increase in value, > right? Or...maybe tarnish would decrease the value? > > I'm glad I like chrome. > > Craig Roberts > Boston > >