Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]you might try ordering new covers for each M6 body type from Leica USA, and using those for your templates. Stephen Marc Attinasi wrote: > I am working with someone to produce leather and lizard coverings for M6 > cameras. I have an M6 0.85 'classic' (non-ttl) that we will be using to > make the template, but I am wondering if the leatherette coverings are > all the same for the full range of 'standard' M6 bodies: > > M6 0.72 non-ttl (original) > M6 0.85 non-ttl (limited production, the one I have and the one we will > make the template from) > M6 ttl (0.58, 0.72, 0.85 - current production) > > I am guessing that the parts between the top and bottom plates are the > same in these cameras, so the coverings are identical, but I thought I'd > defer to the experteise of the list to be sure. > > The person making the coverings is Morgan Sparks, and he is currently > making them for Olympus cameras (OM and some of the older rangefinders > too) and they are awesome (if you like that sort of thing, which I do). > I begged him to make up some for the M6 and volunteered to do the > footwork and provide the test subject. Check out the coverings at > http://homepages.together.net/~msparks/leathers/index.html if you are > keen on the idea. > > Thanks, > - marc > > -- > *** Marc Attinasi *** > * mailto: marc@attinasi.org * > * http://www.attinasi.org * > > > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html