My Skinflint Shame!

[lushd]

Warning - this message contains information about escapades in black leather ...

I had to stretch my budget a bit to buy my Leica M6 and didn't have enough to buy a case as well (certainly not at the prices charged in a Leica dealer).

I was pondering this when I realised that my Leica was of a similar size to a Zenit E and also had the screw thread at one end of the base plate. A few minutes surgery on a spare Zenit case with a stanley knife and making good with black bootpolish and my case problem was solved. My Leica now travels incognito as Russian SLR and I am aware that the possibility of being received in certain types of polite society is now closed to me. But I don't care!

It set me wondering if anyone else had committed such barbarism and would be willing to confess?

 

[zuikologist]

That's terribe. How could you possibly do that..............to a Zenit case!

 

[Screwy]

That's terribe. How could you possibly do that..............to a Zenit case!

My thoughts exactly , Well he will regret it in 20 years time , When Zenit ever ready cases are fetching huge sums on Eb*y 😉 😀

 

[remrf]

Good for you!

I had a similar problem when I bought my Leica IIIA . It did not come with a case and the ones I saw for sale were pretty ratty and overpriced. But my Zorki 2c was just sitting there with its case and I did not hesitate for a moment. The 2c now sits bare and the Leica travels incognito. I did not have to alter the case to make the IIIA fit but I am going to remove the three rivets that fasten the front flap in place. I also altered the metal Leica lens cap to make a filter adaptor and with it on the front flap will not close even with the lens retracted.

When the going gets tough the tough get creative. 😀

 

[Sonnar Brian]

The cases for the Leica M3 go for cheap and will fit the M6. I paid $2 for mine with a restitched/reinforced hinge.

The most I paid for one was $25, for the heavier model that fits the camera with "goggles" lens mounted on it. It is much heavier made than most of the other m cases.

 

[Andy K]

How did you get the 'snout' to be in the right place for the Leica's lens? The SLR lens is in the centre of the camera front, the RF's lens is offset to one side.

 

[lushd]

It's a very spacious snout ... no problems with fitting at all. The Zenit lens is not in the centre of the body either. The lens hood has to come off though (but it does with a Zenit).

 

[dr.kollig]

Well, my Leica II 1932 is sitting in a Zorki 2 one.
As long as London is under control of Red Ken, You can always go there.

Wolfram

 

[lushd]

ah - good ole Red K! He has put up signs in Trafalgar Square warning people to be on the lookout for paedophiles with cameras (apparently, I haven't seen the signs myself).

 

[kmack]

I would be very dissapointed if I thought that I were stealing a Zenit E and found an M6 instead. That's just wrong.

 

[Poptart]

Nothing I've bought ever fits anything else.

 

[sirius]

I like this. See the Leica M7 and case just under the heading "Epson R-D1 - a Digital Leica M?".

http://www.photoethnography.com/ClassicCameras/index-frameset.html?LeicaM7.html~mainFrame

 

[lushd]

Oh that's cool - I am going to put some Holga stickers on my M6 straightaway!

 

[ChrisN]

Here's one. The case for a Yashica Electro 35 is a good fit for a Canon P or L1 - it even accomodates a 35 lens with the hood screwed on!

 

[Andy K]

ah - good ole Red K! He has put up signs in Trafalgar Square warning people to be on the lookout for paedophiles with cameras (apparently, I haven't seen the signs myself).

OT: I think it was London's parks he put the signs in not Trafalgar Sq. Thus opening the way for all us innocent photographers to be hassled or even attacked if we happened to be shooting and there were kids around. Red K has no common sense at all. If a pervert was taking photos chances are they'd be using a tiny digicam, not an ancient RF or SLR with tripod etc.

 

[lushd]

Well - I wasn't sure about the location. Kind of makes the tourists feel safe doesn't it?

 

[Andy K]

Ok, I found the story, we were both right! 🙂 However, it only relates to digital cameras.

http://www.amateurphotographer.com/news/Photography_rights_update_news_71046.html

 

[lushd]

Thanks for that - I did read it when it came out but I have the memory retention of a sieve that's had the wire mesh removed. But isn't it stoopid? Is the implication is that digital is the perverts photographic medium of choice? Have the old bill excelled their usual levels of intelligence here and thought "Well you can only put digital images on websites so anyone with a film camera must be OK."

We're drifting a bit off topic - I should also confess that my Zorki 1 travelled happily in a Canon Sureshot case for several months.

 

[FrankS]

Nothing I've bought ever fits anything else.

Once you get more stuff you will eventually get some inter-changeability.

 

[lushd]

Oh dear - I have been tight again. I bought this on Ebay for little money:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7583567820&rd=1&sspagename=STRK:MEWA:IT&rd=1

Have I done OK? Has anyone got pictures in a gallery from this lens?

Will I be drummed out of here for using a silver lens on a black body?

Please help!