Photos of Re-skinned Cameras Please!

[leobloom]

 

[konicaman]

Plastic fantastic

Plastic fantastic

 

[konicaman]

Real leather

Real leather

 

[jordanatkins]

Here's my favorite camera, a re-skinned Olympus OM-1n:

 

[Shade]

I'm thinking of recovering my M240 black with a black lizard skin... what would you guys think? Does it make any sense to re-skin a completely brand new camera?

 

[mdwsta4]

I reskinned my M9 when it was new, so I don't see why not.

 

[Denverdad]

Here is the final result of a makeover I made of one of my Meteors (not a rangefinder - but hopefully that's still OK). The new covering is a re-purposed faux-leather purse I purchased from the thrift store. This in combination with the contrasting black paint job gives the camera a really different look from the original - softer and more sophisticated, I would like to think. 🙂

Front and back with the Mercury flash unit attached:

For those not familiar with the Meteor, it is a simple viewfinder camera taking 620 film, made in the US by Universal Camera Corporation in the late '40's. As much as I like them for their interesting and quirky feature set, I have always felt that the originals had a sort tin-can vibe to them due to their bare aluminum top and bottom plates, and the cheap paper-like black leatherette. This was my attempt to maybe add just a little class to one of my favorite old shooters. 🙂

 

[dogberryjr]

How the MP ought to have come in the first place.

DSC_5148 by dogberryjr, on Flickr

 

[JHP]

4008 aki asahi

 

[awslee]

 

[Jamie Pillers]

Wabi Sabi meets Aki Asahi

Wabi Sabi meets Aki Asahi

 

[cosmonaut]

I think I need me a project camera. This is the best camera porn I have seen in a long time.

 

[bgb]

this is porn at it's finest and I have found two sites that supply all the filth you can handle.
http://www.aki-asahi.com/store/
http://www.cameraleather.com/others/
1. find a skin you like
2. Find a willing subject
3. Play time ...

Any other place to get coverings?

 

[cosmonaut]

Maybe RFF should have a swim suit edition.

 

[sisser]

The covering of this thriftstore Konica needed replacement so from te same shop I got this cute ladies handbag.







The result after some cutting and glueing.





Light seals were gone so some nice yellow ones were put in place.




Don't know about you but I like it.

 

[Dez]

The thing that's nice about the later Russkii cameras is that they used that horrible rubber fabric stuff which inspires the owner to re-do the cameras. This is stuff from Tandy leather. Next one, I'm going for some kind of exotic.





Cheers,
Dez