Esoteric little bonus with Leica’s M11 Protector case

[onasj]

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The Protector (half-case) that Leica sells for the M11 is great, except for two niggles:

1) There’s no way to mount the camera on a tripod while it’s in the case.

2) The case adds about 1 cm of extra height to the camera.

These two issues are related, in that the reason the Protector is so tall is because it has a screw that attaches to the tripod mount of the M11 at the first layer of material on the bottom of the camera, then has a second layer of leather that covers this screw and forms the (smooth) bottom of the Protector.

A better design would be the way the Arte Di Mano (and some other) half-cases do it: use a single special screw that has both male and female 1/4” tripod screw threads to both attach the half-case to the camera, and to provide a tripod mount on the bottom of the case.  Then the bottom of the case can consist of a single layer of leather, with a battery door and tripod mount.

But I digress… the bonus I just found in my Protector is that the inside of the battery door has a leather spare SD card holder!  So at least that extra cm of thickness is being used as SD card storage space

[frame-it]

6 minutes ago, onasj said:

The Protector (half-case) that Leica sells for the M11 is great, except for two niggles:

1) There’s no way to mount the camera on a tripod while it’s in the case.

2) The case adds about 1 cm of extra height to the camera.

These two issues are related, in that the reason the Protector is so tall is because it has a screw that attaches to the tripod mount of the M11 at the first layer of material on the bottom of the camera, then has a second layer of leather that covers this screw and forms the (smooth) bottom of the Protector.

A better design would be the way the Arte Di Mano (and some other) half-cases do it: use a single special screw that has both male and female 1/4” tripod screw threads to both attach the half-case to the camera, and to provide a tripod mount on the bottom of the case.  Then the bottom of the case can consist of a single layer of leather, with a battery door and tripod mount.

But I digress… the bonus I just found in my Protector is that the inside of the battery door has a leather spare SD card holder!  So at least that extra cm of thickness is being used as SD card storage space

this one ?

https://artedimano.com/Leicacases/?idx=460

[SrMi]

12 minutes ago, frame-it said:

this one ?

https://artedimano.com/Leicacases/?idx=460

onasj wrote about the Protector case:

https://leicacamerausa.com/leica-m11-protector-black.html

 

[frame-it]

58 minutes ago, onasj said:

A better design would be the way the Arte Di Mano (and some other) half-cases do it: use a single special screw that has both male and female 1/4” tripod screw threads to both attach the half-case to the camera, and to provide a tripod mount on the bottom of the case.  Then the bottom of the case can consist of a single layer of leather, with a battery door and tripod mount.

i was replying to this part

[onasj]

7 hours ago, frame-it said:

i was replying to this part

Yes—all the AdM battery door Leica cases have a similar design. One screw both secures the case to the camera and provides a tripod mount for the case.