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[Graywolf]

If I remember correctly, you can not use lacquer over enamel. The solvents in the lacquer will soften the enamel.

[Fallisphoto]

Mr_flibble, I't's 5 months after my last reply to this post and I find myself in the same position. I've taken the entire camera down to bare metal, repainted it and those two brass plates are a pain. The engraving is really shallow. I have thre

[Mr_flibble]

The camera in question has gone back to its owner a few months back.  
In the end I carefully hand-painted the markings with several layers of very thinned-down acrillic paint. And cleaning up any mistakes as they happened.
It was very time consuming

[Fallisphoto]

I tried everything else and it looked pretty bad. I think I am going to go with the decal. I know that will look good, under two or three coats of tung oil varnish.

[Mr_flibble]

There's something model builders use to soften up decals so they'll form to the surface they're put on, to give that painted-on look.
 
Micro-Sol Decal Solvent, I used this stuff a lot when I was building WW1 model aircraft for a game.  

[Fallisphoto]

Mr flibble, I already sanded and polished the plates down smooth, so the decals would sit flat.