Carbon fiber covering for your M

[Roberto V.]

So.. here's what you've ll been waiting for. Fake carbon fiber or wood skins for your Leica! http://mcutiz.com/skin.html
Does anyone really buy this stuff?😕

 

[Rogier]

Lame, looks cheap.

 

[Roberto V.]

Lame, looks cheap.

Reminds me of the fake russian Leicas with wood coverings floating around ebay

 

[kshapero]

I dunno.... I like it.

 

[Phil_F_NM]

It inspires me to paint the top and bottom plates of a Leica with metal flake hunter green and then replacing the vulcanite with fake wood grain. It would be the limited Leica "Country Squire" edition.

Phil Forrest

 

[disambiguated]

I've ordered the black covering.

I've ordered the black covering.

I want a stealth, plain black, but the carbon fiber-ish looking one is the closest I've found, so far. With that and my Luigi half-case, my M9 will look like an old film camera, which is what I want.

It beats covering up the Leica dot & 'M9' with electrical tape, which is what I've been doing, so far.

 

[Steve M.]

It looks like a thatched camera. Maybe that's not the word. Wicker?

I wouldn't worry too much about covering up Leica dots or M9 logos, as I suspect that 99.9% of the people you run into have no idea what either of those are.

 

[peterm1]

Hmmmmmmm Whats the old adage?

"It just goes to show that money does not buy taste!"

But clearly it does buy bad taste in bucketloads! 😱

 

[disambiguated]

I don't care whether or not they know what those things signify; the point is that white lettering and red dots draw the eye, and I want the camera to be as inconspicuous as possible.

 

[umcelinho]

a wood style leatherette would make a leica look like those cars chevy chase would drive in those family holidays movies of the 80s 😀

these skins could be an interesting way to make chrome cameras become black ones, or green, for those who feel they want to get a "stealthier" body if more discrete options were available. I like the looks of green bodies (saw a green M2 at Aperture UK in London, looks sexy) and sometimes I would like to have a black M4 without shelling out for a repaint. The available options are quite tacky....

 

[jbielikowski]

Cool! Wooden M3 with brown lizard skin... 😀

 

[Tom A]

I don't care whether or not they know what those things signify; the point is that white lettering and red dots draw the eye, and I want the camera to be as inconspicuous as possible.

Black matte model paint works fine. Just fill in the white with black paint and paint over the red dot!

 

[MartinP]

There could be a market for a stealth accessory . . . sort of a self-adhesive Holga body kit?? No? Heeheehee.

 

[Bobfrance]

Might as well wait for the next M9 special edition. There's bound to be a carbon fibre/ivory/kryptonite one. 😉

 

[tedwhite]

Fuschia top and bottom plates, yes. Flaunt that Leica!

 

[FPjohn]

Bottom plate covering protection alone would be worthwhile.

yours
FPJ

 

[Phil_F_NM]

Gaff tape.
It makes everything invisible. 🙄

Phil Forrest

 

[ChrisLivsey]

(saw a green M2 at Aperture UK in London, looks sexy) .

They have had it quite a while, not shifting, M2s usually do there. There are pictures. Trouble is it is looking chromed. 🙄 Paint peel is not attractive.

 

[ashfaque]

Anything flashy on Leica does look cheap.

In this particular case I thought there was something wrong with the pictures. :lol:

 

[seifadiaz]

This is quite popular on DSLR lens hoods and now on an M? Ugh...