Interesting way to make your camera look a bit more travelled, and antique...

[DrJon]

http://www.popco.net/zboard/view.php?id=camera_forum&no=126383

Brass paint is available at your local art store... the necessary bravery to do this can be acquired by watching DigitalRev videos...

Guide to Painting a Nikon D7000 Pink

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_64sDhrK0I

How to paint a Leica M9 Pinkenta

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qik-N21nYN8

(How they found someone willing to let them do this to their M9 is quite beyond me...)

[Tigger]

Re: Interesting way to make your camera look a bit more travelled, and antique...

I suppose its not hard to make a Nikon look dated and old

[the black fox]

Re: Interesting way to make your camera look a bit more travelled, and antique...

Pink does seem to suit him LOL

[Tigger]

Re: Interesting way to make your camera look a bit more travelled, and antique...

Pink does seem to suit him LOL

you need to check those pills that the Mrs is giving you right now

[Nathaniel]

Re: Interesting way to make your camera look a bit more travelled, and antique...

I am the opposite. I like to keep my camera and lenses to look as "new" as possible!! Keeps up it's re-sale price.

[El Sid]

Re: Interesting way to make your camera look a bit more travelled, and antique...

Anyone thinking of painting a camera ought to check what it's made of. A lot of modern gear is plastic bodied, mostly polycarbonate but some may be ABS - neither are plastics which react well to organic solvents and can suffer from stress cracking if subjected to contact with such solvents...