leobloom
Member
konicaman
konicaman
Plastic fantastic
Plastic fantastic
Plastic fantastic
konicaman
konicaman
Real leather
Real leather
Real leather
jordanatkins
Established
Here's my favorite camera, a re-skinned Olympus OM-1n:
Shade
Well-known
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
Matty Westside
I reskinned my M9 when it was new, so I don't see why not.
Denverdad
Established
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.
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
[Pithy phrase]
JHP
Well-known
4008 aki asahi
awslee
Well-known
Jamie Pillers
Skeptic
Wabi Sabi meets Aki Asahi
Wabi Sabi meets Aki Asahi
Wabi Sabi meets Aki Asahi
cosmonaut
Well-known
I think I need me a project camera. This is the best camera porn I have seen in a long time.
bgb
Well-known
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?
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
Well-known
Maybe RFF should have a swim suit edition.
sisser
Established
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.
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
Bodger Extraordinaire
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
Cheers,
Dez