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[Bob_l]

Almost all of the point and shoot and some upscale Digital camera have a silver finish on them.
Is there any way to touch up a scuff or nick on these cameras, is there a paint that will match the color or some other way to cover up these blemish's.

[Finnegan]

Try aluminum or silver paint. Dab it on with a sponge, cloth or q-tip.

[Flybye]

I have been very curious about this as well.  Mine has what looks like tiny blisters (or rust) on it.  I've been thinking about removing the advance arm and wire brushing it, but am worried about the results.  Are these finishes a paint or just the ra

[Finnegan]

Wire brushing will ruin it. Try lighter fluid on a q-tip. If that doesn't work so well, after the q-tipping, try scraping with a thumbnail. It won't damage the finish. Some of these rust dots will pop right off. Try re-doing the q-tip with lighter

[Fallisphoto]

Flybye,
Camera bodies are usually made of brass and the brass is plated with nickle or chrome. Often, for example with Agfa cameras, the plating is a little on the thin side. The brown (and occasionally green) specks and such on it are where air

[Paul Ron]

Todays digital metal finishes are plated plastic unlike the chrome plated brass of olde. Brassing is not the same anymore n not a good sign on newer cameras. Once called battle scars, now plastic cameras are called junk.

[Fallisphoto]

Missed the part about these being modern digital cameras. Sorry. Digital cameras almost always have plastic or resin bodies. If the finish wears off, I would imagine that the only way to fix it is to strip all the paint off of the part and repaint it.