mojobebop Posted December 15, 2008 Share #1 Posted December 15, 2008 Advertisement (gone after registration) Passed on what turned out to be a 'miscatorgorized m5', (said 'E', turned out to be below average). Getting a user m4 instead. missing about an inch of vulcanite. Wondering if there is a easy fix for this, rather then sending the camera to get the entire covering removed. Thanks, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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enboe Posted December 15, 2008 Share #2 Posted December 15, 2008 From what I have read, original vulkanite was applied to a heated camera body before assembly, back in the old days. That makes the process difficult to reproduce. A few options: Cameraleather.com is an acknowledged source of fine leathers, and also offer an installation service. Leica themselves may be able to recover an older M through their a-la-carte service. Contact them to see if it is available for your model. A fine half-case from Luigi (leicatime.com) or others would cover the blemish and add utility as well. And then there's my choice on user bodies - simply use them. I have a chip on my M3 that hasn't impacted a single photograph. It seems the older and more beat up, the more accepted it is in today's photography-paranoid environment. So, my advice, go enjoy some new Ektar or old Kodachrome and don't worry about the vulkanite. Eric Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetooth Posted January 29, 2009 Share #3 Posted January 29, 2009 i just replace my leather on a m2 . check out camera leather . com . $26.00 later and looks brand new very easy to do . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
m_opel Posted January 29, 2009 Share #4 Posted January 29, 2009 Leica FAQ - How to maintain & restore M Vulcanite body c… Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Langerbernd Posted January 29, 2009 Share #5 Posted January 29, 2009 Hi, I did the vulcanite removal by myself; I used the desciption of `cameraleather.com` and the material they told me! I also ordered the new coverage there! It was a very nice work and the covering of the new leather was in my opinion very easy, so my chrom M4 looks now so well! Try it and you will get a quite new feeling for your camera!!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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