Whereabouts of Shintaro & black paint

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Anybody know what's happened to Shintaro, the master of painting Leica bodies black? His old Geocities link is dead, & our link to him in the archives (under the Black v. Chrome category) doesn't work either. Any help would be appreciated--!

-- Patrick Garner (pg@patrickgarner.com), February 16, 2002

Answers

No offense to Shintaro-san, but the master of re-painting classic cameras is the Japanese company Kanto Camera Service: http://www.kanto- cs.co.jp/shuuri/ippan/basic_5.html. Unfortunately, they're not particularly known outside the Far East. Anyway, Han's Pahlen's new web address is: http://w1.320.teli a.com/~u32008343/leica.htm, but the link to Shintaro's camera repainting service is gone.

-- Hoyin Lee (leehoyin@hutchcity.com), February 16, 2002.

I have a link to Shintaro's email address, along with a copy of a recent email from him in the FAQ, topic #004b

-- Andrew Nemeth (azn@nemeng.com), February 16, 2002.

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