Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/01/29

[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]

Subject: Re: [Leica] M6 body sizes?
From: Marc Attinasi <marc@attinasi.org>
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 21:08:05 -0800
References: <3C577118.1070301@attinasi.org> <3C5772CF.2C9660E4@earthlink.net>

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

In reply to: Message from Marc Attinasi <marc@attinasi.org> ([Leica] M6 body sizes?)
Message from Stephen Gandy <leicanikon@earthlink.net> (Re: [Leica] M6 body sizes?)