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Leica made 500 sets of the MP Classic Black Paint in 2004. Mechanically it follows the standard MP: brass top and base plates, a 0.72x viewfinder, TTL metering, a fully mechanical shutter of 1s to 1/1000s plus B, 138 x 77 x 38 mm and about 585 g. The paint is laid over brass, so the metal shows through as it thins, a look black chrome cannot reproduce. Alongside runs of several thousand for the standard finishes, this edition is comparatively small.