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3 months ago, I bought an original Q3's half cover in the Leica shop in Milan. As you can see from the photos, the edges inside of a cover are so sharp, they made scratching the bottom of the camera. I've seen similar cases on this Leica forum. Then I also happened to check my camera and I found 4-5 scratches. And a few days later I dropped the cover while taking it off (only the cover). As you can see in the photo, the cover fell towards its center of gravity, causing a scratch there. At the time, the camera was hanging around my neck with its strap. I reported to Leica CS in Milan. And exactly one month later, I received an email from them. According to Leica CS in Germany, 'I dropped the camera and the cover together', so the impact caused internal deformation of the cover, causing a scratch on the bottom of the camera... I am so angry at their general judgment. And they gave me a paid repair fee of €671 VAT incl. Of course, I turned down the repair, and I plan to get the camera back from Germany. I'm sure similar issues will happened from more users. I know that many people are still waiting to get this camera (at least 3 months...) and I hope that my issue can be of some help to them. Do you also have similar issues as me? Please share various information.
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I recently bought a one-owner M3 DS with a DR Summicron from an estate in Chicago. The camera and kit are absolutely lovely. The only issue is that the vulcanite was flaking off with every time it was handled. I finished peeling it all off, mostly with my fingernail, and cleaned the remaining adhesive off the body with acetone. I ordered a dark blue leather replacement cover from Morgan at cameraleather.com. He was responsive and helpful and I had the new leather in my hands in about five days from the date of order. Exceptional service! And the leather... oh my... it's gorgeous. Total install time was about ten minutes, and that with me trial-fitting it and figuring out how I was going to do the install. It went perfectly. it was simple and easy. And I think it looks amazing! My first M body was an M3 in 1974 that I promptly traded back in for an M2 that developed a severe case of fungus when I lived on Guam. Since then I've had an M4-2, M4-P a couple of M4s and another M3 or two (and an M8 and M9P.) My vision got so I couldn't focus the M4-P/M8/M9P well any more so I sold them in 2016. A conversation with a friend recently about the 1:1 finder in the M3 and the differences from the later finders got me to wondering if it was different enough that I could still use one, and much to my surprise, I can see the focusing patch quite well in the M3. It pleases me to have an M again.
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My [almost] two year old Tekiac Stealthcover’s tripod mounts popped out - yes, both of them. And the plastic started cracking around the tripod mounts, to boot. Thinking it’s time to update it anyway I went to LFI (where I first got it from) but lo and behold, it’s not there anymore. A quick visit to the Tekiac website and wouldn’t ya know it, it’s no longer in production. Does anyone have a suggestion for an alternative? Really only need it to do the three things the Stealthcover did well: Have a grip Cover the logo Have a tripod mount Bonus points if it comes in black 🤟 Thanks!
