[Leica] M7 base plate plastic! My Black Paint is Better than Yours

[shino at panix.com (Rei Shinozuka)]

i must count myself as amonst the ultra-wimps.  while i do take out
the black-paint MP/HM as freely as my classic .85,  i constructed my 
own leicavit plastic cover, made out of archival library self-stick 
paperback 
cover material  (2 layers) which do not leave residue and is easy to remove.
the toughest part was making the slot for the trigger.  the original 
baseplate,
while not used, also has the original plastic.

i also added small squares on the left and right sides above the strap-
mounting hardware. 

so if you're looking for the poster child wimp, look no further.

-rei


> > > And not some wimpy keep it clean forever that way for the next hundred
> years
> > > kind a guy who likes pretty instead of practical useable machine and
> strokes
> > > it more than uses it! ;-) Of course in my most humble of opinion. ;-)
> > >
> > > ted
> > >

-- 
Rei Shinozuka shino@panix.com
Ridgewood, New Jersey