Did anyone ever done business (or saw the work he done for someone else?) with that guy in Japan for a refinish paint job? If so, was the finish similar to an original black paint?

Also, since Leica is making paint bodies and lenses, do you think/or know if they would agree to replace beat up camera parts in black paint finish (If the parts come from a camera with matching serial number of black paint lot)

-- Eric Laurence (Edgar1976@hotmail.com), May 28, 2001

Answers

They used to do that sort of work. They would even convert from one finish to the other using original parts (yes I have heard of a black paint MP camera, among others, being converted to chrome). I do not believe they do that now but you could check with your distributor. The chap in Japan:

http://www.leica-camera.com/produkte/msystem/m6ttl/sucher/be ispiel/index.html

comes highly recommended by people that I trust on the Leica-user's list.

Cheers,

-- John Collier (jbcollier@powersurfr.com), May 28, 2001.

John, is the chap in japan the one on the right or on the left?

-- rob appleby (rob@robertappleby.com), May 29, 2001.

LOL, Rob! Here's the link to the chap in Japan: http:/ /www.geocities.com/Athens/Oracle/5799/shintaro.htm.

-- Hoyin Lee (leehoyin@hutchcity.com), May 29, 2001.

Oops! Oh my "diety of your own choice"! Sorry about that.

Sheepishly,

-- John Collier (jbcollier@powersurfr.com), May 30, 2001.

Definitely the right!

Cheers,

-- John Collier (jbcollier@powersurfr.com), May 30, 2001.

Rob, I got a gooood laugh out of that comment. Don't ya just love these forums? I sure do.

-- Bob (robljones@home.com), May 30, 2001.

Well they sure beat sitting at home staring at a screen.

-- rob appleby (rob@robertappleby.com), May 30, 2001.