7II - Black or Champagne?

[dean_tomasula1]

I realize this is not the most inportant question in the world, but I

was wondering what everyone thinks of the 7II colors. Do you prefer

black or champagne and why?

[calvin_lee]

Champagne. It looks better.

[eric friedemann]

Champagne-colored plastic looks like crap.

[kal_moranon1]

Black looks more professional and hides well for travel and street photos.KM

[michael erlich]

I wish I had to make that choice.

[donald_brewster]

I chose black. It looks better to me. The champagne color looked like guano, IMHO.

[michael_ferron1]

Black. The old champagne on the 7 didn't look too bad but the 7II's doesn't look to hot.

[david_littleboy__tokyo__ja]

"I chose black. It looks better to me."

 

I did too. Then I took it out for some landscape work in the summer sun in Hiroshima prefecture in August.

 

Black was the wrong choice.

[tom_westbrook]

I use a black body because that's what I could find used when I was buying a few years ago. I would have gone either way, though. I think the champagne color has been discontinued, though, at least I haven't seen it for sale new for a while. There are used ones around now, though.

[ghuczek]

You see many threads like this on Leica forums, where people wonder whether black, titanium, black paint, silver, platinum, or snake skin looks best on their Leicas. Give it a rest. Go take beautiful photos. Cameras are nothing more than tools, not jewellery to boost your egos.

[rich815]

I prefer both.

[35mmdelux]

go w/ black. my Leica M6TTL looks best in black and so does my 503cx blad. my 8x10 looks best in black too. champagne is a sissy color.

[kai_griffin]

I just want one, full stop. Any color. Postal address on request. :-)

[pavelp]

There are couple police cars where I live that are in metallic champagne. Hope this helps :-)

[bobmichaels]

I guess my M-7 is "champagne" since it's some funky metalic (not black) color. Never gave it a thought until a few days ago I was shooting with my black Bronica SQA and a silver Contax G. It was a 95 degree day with direct overhead sun and very little shade. (fortunately, my model's day job is mowing lawns) I was about a mile away from the car and would put one camera down and shoot with the other. I noticed the black Bronica got very hot while the silver Contax stayed much cooler. I was glad I was not shooting w color film. So I'd always pick a lighter color camera given the choice.

 

All that assumes you are photographing WITH the camera, not PHOTOGRAPHING THE CAMERA.

[dean_tomasula1]

Bob, if you have the 7 and it's not Black, it's Titanium. I have a Titanium 7 also and it's a great camera (looks cool too).

While Titanium is the color I prefer, it is not offered in the 7II, only Black and Champagne (and I believe that Champagne has been discontinued). I've never actually seen the Champagne color in person, but from photos I've seen it looks ok. Black is always a safe color (though not in the sun apparently!)

 

I'm looking to get another body as a back up. I was thinking about getting another 7 because they are about half the price of the 7II, but I'm on the fence about it. I know the "upgrades" in the 7II are not (for me anyway) worth twice the price, but I'm concerned about availability of parts and repair on a discontinued 7 body.