Camera Sock

[Ash]

For a while now I've had a short length of really nice red fabric, and I use it to wrap around my zorki when I throw it into the pocket of my sidebag.

I don't trust my canvas bag not to scratch the lens, and its a bit of a loose pocket as well.

I wasn't happy with it being simply a veil around the camera, so I pulled out the sewing machine, and made the fabric into a little camera sock. Unfortunately the fit is a little tighter than I hoped, but the camera now has a nice sleeve to save it from superficial damage. Also I'm using the collapsible I-50, so it makes it a nice little pocketable.

It couldnt be any other colour, sorry bout the crappy picture though!

What ya think?

 

[wlewisiii]

Very nice. If you ever get the urge to recover the Zorki, Aki Asahi makes a lovely red cowleather that looks very ... appropriate... 🙂 on FSU cameras.

William

 

[Ash]

I actually really prefer the black covering, I have a yellow snake style covering on the kiev/contax, and thats funky enough for me!

 

[JoeFriday]

that looks great! I've been thinking of making something similar for my CL and possibly some lens pouches.. neoprene might be a better choice, but flannel would be easier to work with

 

[Ash]

With a typical sewing machine they're easy to put together. That material was double-layered, I folded it over for the added protection.

I wanted a lens pouch but then I went on ebay and found something better (never bought it though) - look in army surplus stores or on ebay for "grenade pouch" or grenade holders for belts. SovietArmyStuff has a 2-grenade pouch brand new old stock or something. Add a softer lining, would be perfect.