I have an FX too but am no fan of the 'brown cow' covering either - the original Rollei black is much nicer I think. On 6/19/07, dpurdy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <dpurdy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Beautiful. Though I like the look of the front much better than the grey back. You might put a little glossy black fingernail polish on that chipped corner of the WLF. I just watched a Automat with red leather sell on ebay for about the same as they sell normally. So I don't think you lower the value that way.. if that matters. I would love to have black lizard skin on my 2.8F but the letherette is in perfect condition so I can't bring myself to do it. I just got an FX (then had to send it in for repair) that has brown cow hide on it and I notice it scuffs very easily. Though it also polishes back up very well with shoe polish. I might be more tempted to cover it in black lizard than the F. Dennis > OK. So I got my custom leather kit from Morgan at CameraLeather.com to > replace the peeling leather on my MXEVS. > I thought, why do the whole thing...why not come up with something > unique, so I went with granite (gray) leather on the front top and back > and left the sides (which are in fine condition) and the center portion > of the finder in black. > > Morgan tells me this is the first two tone Rollei that they've cut. > (They've done other two tone cameras, just never a Rolleiflex.) > I still need to clean up the old yellowed adhesive from where it has > bleed out on to the chrome in the back, but the leather fits well and > was much easier to put on a Rolleiflex than I imagine that it is a Leica > with a Self Timer and stuff.. > > Photos of the almost final project here: > http://www.goodphotos.com/images/cameras/2ToneRolleiFront.jpg > http://www.goodphotos.com/images/cameras/2ToneRolleiBack.jpg > > Now it just needs a good cleaning and the spongy focus rails re-lubed or > adjusted. > (Exposures are fine even on chromes, but it should probably have the > shutter overhauled too, while it is going in for work anyhow.) > > Be well, > Michael Eric Berube > GoodPhotos.com > > --- > Rollei List > > - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' > in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with > 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org > > - Online, searchable archives are available at > //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list > > --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list