Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That is a good idea, but I bet it is expensive to get a replacement from Leica. I once requested a real leather covering, like they used on the older M6 Titanium cameras, and it was $220. However, your idea gave me another one - I'll check if the part numbers are all the same :) Thanks, - - marc Stephen Gandy wrote: >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 > - -- *** Marc Attinasi *** * mailto: marc@attinasi.org * * http://www.attinasi.org * - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html