Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/02/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 08:40 28/02/1997 -0800, Frank Filippone wrote: >This became a do it yourself project......my mechanic wanted $85 to do the >labor... I'm pretty handy, so I took on the job myself. Note that I will >have a good 5 hours ino this repair, so the $85 was a fair cost of his >time. > >For all of you interested in the replacement of body skin ( Leather? >Vulcanite? Whatever?) <snip> A friend of mine replaced the Vulcanite of his M3 body with gray shark skin. It became an amazing camera afterwards. So nice to hold (felt like sandpaper), and extremely durable. You can even put on some of this colored snake skin they use to make boots of in Texas and Mexico. Customizing the Leica must be a dream...ah! O.