That’s a nice looking camera. Love those leather cases. Now i want one for my own camera…

Thanks :) This is actually vegtan leather that I used to replace the original rubber grip.

After about 4 years the textured rubber began to stretch. Then the rubber surrounding the back “Q” fell off, so I decided to replace all of it with real leather. I just used the old grip to trace the form and cut it out of vegtan. I applied a thin layer of E6000 and let that dry for a few mintues until it became tacky. There are areas where the leather is too short by a few millimeters but it doesn’t bother me enough to remake.

Out of curiosity, why the veg tan over the flash contact? Dust protection?

Also, I like the wrap for the camera. I have an late 70’s Minolta that I’ve thought about doing a wet mold in veg tan for.

For “protection” (does it help, maybe?), the idea of aesthetics and for the fact that I always have little offcuts of leather laying around. It took about a minute to make.

Thats pretty cool, I dont own any film cameras but mostly due to the cost of film and prints. I have seen some examples of people adding leather to older cameras. It always looks great.