e1k3 Posted January 3, 2023 Share #1 Posted January 3, 2023 Advertisement (gone after registration) The pictures on Leica Homepage seem to indicate, that for new MP cameras the "sharkskin" leatherette (which I never liked) was recently substituted by a leatherette that looks simimlar to M-A, M6 2022 reissue and M11. Can anybody confirm, who recently acquired a new MP? Thanks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advertisement Posted January 3, 2023 Posted January 3, 2023 Hi e1k3, Take a look here No more sharkskin on new MP?. I'm sure you'll find what you were looking for!
Huss Posted January 3, 2023 Share #2 Posted January 3, 2023 Yeah, sharkskin has been discontinued for several years now. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madNbad Posted January 3, 2023 Share #3 Posted January 3, 2023 They stopped using whale oil to lubricate the shutters, too. 6 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
250swb Posted January 3, 2023 Share #4 Posted January 3, 2023 Yes the MP now looks like all the other bland leatherette finishes. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
e1k3 Posted January 3, 2023 Author Share #5 Posted January 3, 2023 vor 13 Minuten schrieb madNbad: They stopped using whale oil to lubricate the shutters, too. Really? What a pity. So its innards do not smell like cod liver any more? 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jnero Posted January 3, 2023 Share #6 Posted January 3, 2023 You can see what the flavors are like. I was currently looking for one with sharskin so that it doesn't look like any other M. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madNbad Posted January 3, 2023 Share #7 Posted January 3, 2023 Advertisement (gone after registration) At one time Hugo Studios offered stingray leather as a replacement cover. I don't know if they still do but it had to be installed using contact cement. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huss Posted January 3, 2023 Share #8 Posted January 3, 2023 The sharkskin is actually grippier than the other finishes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danner Posted January 4, 2023 Share #9 Posted January 4, 2023 8 hours ago, madNbad said: They stopped using whale oil to lubricate the shutters, too. Which is absurd because the total whale oil Leica would consume over, say, a decade, could come from a single divot out of a single whale. But yeah, save the planet ... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huss Posted January 4, 2023 Share #10 Posted January 4, 2023 29 minutes ago, Danner said: Which is absurd because the total whale oil Leica would consume over, say, a decade, could come from a single divot out of a single whale. But yeah, save the planet ... The whales may disagree with you. 4 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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