Don't ask me why, but I've got this irresistible urge to re-cover my Mamiya C330f. It's got a perfectly fine factory standard leatherette covering, but a chance encounter with www.cameraleather.com got me thinking seriously about the 'Morocco red' leatherette covering. Please talk me out of it someone!
Can't be a***d with a signature.
Sacrilege. Morocco leather should be black.'Morocco red' leatherette covering. Please talk me out of it someone!
If you're not living on the edge, you're wasting space
Use a shoe type leather dye, to see if it looks weird/ok first. Show us the result.
Kenny.
The tears of laughter were running down my legs.
Wasn't this mentioned on here some years ago and someone re-covered a 500c?
Anyone remember?
BSRIPN (Officially full of it..)
We've certainly discussed the site a time or two over the years. Can't recall if anyone has acually used them, though.
IIRC someone re-covered a Hasselblad with red leatherette - think it was on the old red forum and the search facility on here certainly doesn't help. or maybe I'm confused - it is Christmas after all..We've certainly discussed the site a time or two over the years. Can't recall if anyone has acually used them, though.
BSRIPN (Officially full of it..)
It's quite possible. As you say, the current search facility doesn't really help. I've often fancied getting one of my cameras done. Sad, I know.
I might be barking up completely the wrong tree, but wasn't that John, who sadly died a couple of years ago?IIRC someone re-covered a Hasselblad with red leatherette - think it was on the old red forum and the search facility on here certainly doesn't help. or maybe I'm confused - it is Christmas after all..We've certainly discussed the site a time or two over the years. Can't recall if anyone has acually used them, though.
Tim BSRIPN
If I had all the money I've spent on drink, I'd spend it on drink
Could well be, actually.
I think your right - didn't he have a tatty one he was rebuilding or something and had it covered in blue?Could well be, actually.
BSRIPN (Officially full of it..)
Something like that. IIRC the project was to show that a Hassy outfit could be assembled quite cheaply by picking up stuff in need of some CLA and doing it yourself.
Tim BSRIPN
If I had all the money I've spent on drink, I'd spend it on drink
It was indeed our friend John Mac.
To my memory he did a damn fine job too.
Hells pensioner - born to be mild
JustMono
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Excuse me gatecrashing a topic I don't know anything about - but I could not resist the title.Don't ask me why, but I've got this irresistible urge to re-cover my Mamiya C330f. It's got a perfectly fine factory standard leatherette covering, but a chance encounter with www.cameraleather.com got me thinking seriously about the 'Morocco red' leatherette covering. Please talk me out of it someone!
I clicked on the link and found a whole new world away from digital.
WOW do they really cover cameras in snakeskin!!!! Checkout that cobra skin!!!
Julia
"Sometimes the HEART should follow the MIND. Sometimes the HEART should tell the MIND to "STAY AT HOME" and "STOP INTERFERING" "
An interesting thought of Edward MONKTON
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tickhiller/
Betcha the cobra would prefer to be wearing it ... Suppose someone decided to cover a camera with your epidermis?WOW do they really cover cameras in snakeskin!!!! Checkout that cobra skin!!!
If you're not living on the edge, you're wasting space
It's a scary world you live inBetcha the cobra would prefer to be wearing it ... Suppose someone decided to cover a camera with your epidermis?WOW do they really cover cameras in snakeskin!!!! Checkout that cobra skin!!!
Julia
"Sometimes the HEART should follow the MIND. Sometimes the HEART should tell the MIND to "STAY AT HOME" and "STOP INTERFERING" "
An interesting thought of Edward MONKTON
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tickhiller/
At first I entertained this ridiculous notion that 'Morrocan Red' leatherette might make my C330 stand out a little too much for candid photography!! Using it, as I do, with a trigger grip and a metered chimney finder and sometimes a tele lens, it's difficult to imagine how it could stand out anymore than it already does. So, sod all those muted, tasteful pastel shades; I'm going tecnicolour!
Can't be a***d with a signature.
I don't blame you. I'd love to see it. I sent my old Minolta XD7 away for a service a while back and it came back with a new covering. If I'd have known I'd have asked for purple metallic
Some Contax (139 IIRC) limited editions (?) came with 'Ox Blood' covering back in the 80's, you could even get 'never ready' cases in the same colour. I expect that covering will have disintegrated just the same as the normal black ones did leaving a dishevelled grey mess
I ought to get my 137MA re-covered though what colour?
Good job my s/h black one is still pristine, eh!I expect that covering will have disintegrated just the same as the normal black ones did leaving a dishevelled grey mess
Tim BSRIPN
If I had all the money I've spent on drink, I'd spend it on drink
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