Leica IIIC body covering material

[clicker]

Any suggestions on where to purchase original body covering material for these older type Leica bodies.
Thanks

 

[Ash]

CRR Luton (UK) can provide 'exact' reproduction coverings for Leica's. It's not something you can apply yourself, however.

 

[peter_n]

You can also presumably get it from Solms, or from Leica service in whatever country/region you live in.

 

[colyn]

Per Leitz the original vulcanite covering is no longer available.

There are others who make leather coverings for the Leica. cameraleather.com and Aki-Asahi are two good makers..

 

[Ash]

Exact match VULCANITE body-shell recovering for Leica M ,I,II,III A/B/C/F. This covering is totally identical to original vulcanite .

There you go colyn 🙂

 

[peter_n]

Per Leitz the original vulcanite covering is no longer available.

There are others who make leather coverings for the Leica. cameraleather.com and Aki-Asahi are two good makers..

So what is the "vulcanite" that costs so much on an a la carte Leica M?

 

[Ash]

Oops here's the important details:

We can recover your Leica M ( non-metered ) or screwthread camera with EM vulcanite for GB pounds £ 95
You may think that £ 95 ( GB pounds ) is expensive to recover your Leica , but the job takes a number of hours to complete and entails dismantling and recollimating , but you do receive your camera back looking exactly as it should do . If you want a less expensive alternative , Fargo Enterprises sell a self adhesive vinyl that is very good . You will have to cut this yourself and for US $ 25 plus postage it is probably the best you will get for the price . There is enough material to allow for errors and you won't have to dismantle your Leica !

 

[colyn]

There you go colyn 🙂

Real vulcanite for the screw Leicas is not available. There is however aftermarket materials..

 

[colyn]

So what is the "vulcanite" that costs so much on an a la carte Leica M?

Actually I was referring to vulcanite for the screw Leicas..