Paulus Posted February 1 Share #1 Posted February 1 (edited) Advertisement (gone after registration) A few months ago I bought a hardly used Leica case. I thought my original ( first picture with daughter) Leica M case from 35 years ago. The old one looked exactly the same but on this case the bottom loosened. I brought it to my shoemaker. He said it was genuine leather but the stiches in the bottom ( last picture) were not actually to attach the bottom to the case. No, Welcome, dear visitor! As registered member you'd see an image here… Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! it was glued and that glue had dried up. Does anyone have had the same experience or does someone knows if the cases are made cheaper the last twenty years. Edited February 1 by Paulus Link to post Share on other sites Simply register for free here – We are always happy to welcome new members! it was glued and that glue had dried up. Does anyone have had the same experience or does someone knows if the cases are made cheaper the last twenty years. ' data-webShareUrl='https://www.l-camera-forum.com/topic/418980-original-leica-case-for-m-dit-it-change-in-quality-during-the-last-twenty-years/?do=findComment&comment=5749798'>More sharing options...
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budrichard Posted February 8 Share #3 Posted February 8 None of my analog M's have cases. Cases are an abomination that get in the way. Do yourself a favor and get rid of the case. Buy a nice bag that you can transport your Leica in and leave the bag in the car. I have the two black bags Leica offered years ago, one small and one large. If I take one M and two lenses, it's the small bag, two M's with lenses mounted it's the large bag. -Richard Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomB_tx Posted February 8 Share #4 Posted February 8 Cases for cameras have changed dramatically over the years. I have doubts the Leitz actually made most of the "Leica" cases when cases were very popular. Up to about 1960 is seems most people carried their cameras in the hard brown leather "ever-ready" cases to protect the hefty investment, as most used their cameras for special occasions and stored them in the cases. I've bought a lot of old cameras that "lived" in such cases and arrived in excellent condition. Some had the front part of the case easily removable, and some didn't. I was given a 1955 M3 where the stitching on the case was falling apart, and spent quite some time re-stitching it to make it period correct. The case front was not removable on that one. By the mid-late 1960s many brands had switched to softer cases. I got the Benser Pouch case for my M4 in 1968, that I believe was thin Kangaroo hide, and it was sold by Leica dealers even though Benser was not part of Leica. (Maybe Leica USA had a distribution agreement...) Even the cheaper Japanese cameras in 1960 had nice leather cases, but by the 70s many had imitation leather. and more people no longer bothered with a case, as cameras weren't such a financial investment. These days about the only cases I see are half-cases, which is what I use on my M models - but not Leica-branded ones. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulus Posted February 9 Author Share #5 Posted February 9 vor 23 Stunden schrieb budrichard: None of my analog M's have cases. Cases are an abomination that get in the way. Do yourself a favor and get rid of the case. Buy a nice bag that you can transport your Leica in and leave the bag in the car. I have the two black bags Leica offered years ago, one small and one large. If I take one M and two lenses, it's the small bag, two M's with lenses mounted it's the large bag. -Richard I’m sorry but I never saw cases as a abomination because I only use the camera part. They protect my camera against the first impacts of my sweatty hands and the leather protects against all kind of stratches . I have used them on my Leica M’s for 28 years now and I see them as a useful part of my equippement. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
budrichard Posted February 9 Share #6 Posted February 9 My M3 had the ubiquitous two piece brown leather that could withstand severe shocks but got in that way of everything! My M6 and M7's have no cases, I can remove the base plates much faster for film removal and loading. I do have Motor M's and manual winder but only use when I want frames/sec faster than manual winding which also upsets the framing. My M_E 240 has no case and I can change the battery or the storage card much faster. These are photographic instruments, not art objects to be hidden away fearful of damage. In my years of photography both professional news and amateur, I can only recall damage to one camera. Covering riots at the University of Wisconsin, when I ducked under a single strand chain fence and caught the rewind lever of one of my Nikon F's. Bent the lever up at almost a right angle. After, bent the lever back down, ran a roll of film though ti, came out OK. Never looked back. -Richard 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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