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Wsboyd
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Post Number: 7
Registered: 09-2006

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Posted on Sunday, September 17, 2006 - 04:58 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)
I used "www.cameraleather.com" for the materials for my 1st try at this type of restoration.

I paid a little extra for 'pre-cut' for my camera model, and it took ME a hour.

(For a regular person it would have taken 15 min.)

I recommend them !

:-)
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M_snyder
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Posted on Monday, October 09, 2006 - 01:09 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)
I heartily agree -- I re-leathered a Kiev 4A and it looks gorgeous. I have to buy some non-kit leatherette to restore a rather rare camera, though -- a Vokar (see attached)
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Lemangelo
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Registered: 02-2007

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Posted on Tuesday, February 06, 2007 - 12:52 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Moderator/Admin only)
cameraleather sells very accurate covers but on eBay and elsewhere they give a number to specify the leather pattern.Their covers replace the leather that is standard but I would like to see optional leather to cover non standard areas like the pentaprism.The Pentax LX has strap lugs which I covered with some scraps and it looks good.The body I covered I left glue in spots to act as a sealant.

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