I'm sorry, I can resist no longer. Who else automatically associates the terms 'porn' and 'wanker'?
We're all very happy that you're in love with your camera, Frank, but many of us do find your endless posts rather, shall we say, odd.
I have black cameras, silver cameras, cream/white enamelled cameras, wooden cameras, brown cameras (the vulcanite on my IIIa has faded, for example) and even an olive green camera. For that matter, I've had red and grey cameras, and greeny-grey, and goldy-green Hammerite. Where there was a choice of finish, I chose the one that I thought looked prettiest. But I just can't get as excited about any of them as you do.
No, black isn't 'professional'. It's a finish. It was originally applied because it was cheap: chrome was the extra-cost option. Some people like it better. Some people (including professionals) like silver better. So?
Using a camera to earn a living, now that's professional. I have never had a client or a publisher ask me what colour camera I planned on using, or had used.
Oh, yes; and it doesn't look a lot like an M4-P, either. I have several Voigtlanders and several Leicas including an M4-P. You'd need to be short sighted or ignorant or both to mistake any Voigtlander for any Leica at anything under fifteen or twenty feet. This is not to deprecate Voigtlanders -- they're superb cameras and excellent value for money -- but they ain't Leicas.
Cheers,
Roger