RE: PESO - M3 and ME reskinned

2010-02-11 Thread Chris Mitchell
From John Sessoms Complete and utter nonsense to pay thousands of dollars extra to have fake wear applied to the body. Sadly lots of people do. I hasten to add that my '73 Tele Deluxe is in near pristine condition and I intend for it to stay that way as it is likely to be a serious

RE: PESO - M3 and ME reskinned

2010-02-11 Thread John Sessoms
From: Chris Mitchell From John Sessoms Complete and utter nonsense to pay thousands of dollars extra to have fake wear applied to the body. Sadly lots of people do. I hasten to add that my '73 Tele Deluxe is in near pristine condition and I intend for it to stay that way as it is likely

RE: PESO - M3 and ME reskinned

2010-02-10 Thread Bob W
Bob W wrote: I ordered some leather kits from cameraleather.com way way back in November. Didn't hear from Morgan for months. Then suddenly they arrive, with a short apology note for the delay. All is good http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/10/10_02/10_02_me_m3/index.htm D

RE: PESO - M3 and ME reskinned

2010-02-10 Thread Bob W
[...] Vulcanite pretty trashed? My old chrome M4 has a few chips in the cover but its got a fair bit of paint missing too, not sure if I would be better off leaving it alone or re-skinning. Leave well alone! Bob Hear hear! Anyway, it's cool to have equipment that shows

Re: PESO - M3 and ME reskinned

2010-02-10 Thread P. J. Alling
On 2/10/2010 3:12 AM, Bob W wrote: Bob W wrote: I ordered some leather kits from cameraleather.com way way back in November. Didn't hear from Morgan for months. Then suddenly they arrive, with a short apology note for the delay. All is good

Re: PESO - M3 and ME reskinned

2010-02-10 Thread David J Brooks
At least its not Hello Kitty.;-) Dave On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 4:16 PM, Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au wrote: I ordered some leather kits from cameraleather.com way way back in November. Didn't hear from Morgan for months. Then suddenly they arrive, with a short apology note for the delay. All

RE: PESO - M3 and ME reskinned

2010-02-09 Thread Bob W
That's nice but pretty full on, I'm not sure I could live with it but the Slate Blue Kid Skin looks toned down enough for me. Was your Vulcanite pretty trashed? My old chrome M4 has a few chips in the cover but its got a fair bit of paint missing too, not sure if I would be better off

RE: PESO - M3 and ME reskinned

2010-02-09 Thread Chris Mitchell
From: Bob W Subject: RE: PESO - M3 and ME reskinned That's nice but pretty full on, I'm not sure I could live with it but the Slate Blue Kid Skin looks toned down enough for me. Was your Vulcanite pretty trashed? My old chrome M4 has a few chips in the cover but its got a fair bit

Re: PESO - M3 and ME reskinned

2010-02-09 Thread Derby Chang
Rob Studdert wrote: On 09/02/2010, Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au wrote: I ordered some leather kits from cameraleather.com way way back in November. Didn't hear from Morgan for months. Then suddenly they arrive, with a short apology note for the delay. All is good That's nice but

RE: PESO - M3 and ME reskinned

2010-02-09 Thread John Celio
In the Pentax family photo, what is skinned on the MZ-5? It's too dark to tell for sure. I had some alligator imprint leather lying around one rainy weekend, so Well then, I might have to put a fun color of leather on my ZX-5n some day when I've got a little extra cash. It might make

RE: PESO - M3 and ME reskinned

2010-02-09 Thread John Sessoms
From: Chris Mitchell From: Bob W Subject: RE: PESO - M3 and ME reskinned That's nice but pretty full on, I'm not sure I could live with it but the Slate Blue Kid Skin looks toned down enough for me. Was your Vulcanite pretty trashed? My old chrome M4 has a few chips in the cover

Re: PESO - M3 and ME reskinned

2010-02-09 Thread mike wilson
Bob W wrote: I ordered some leather kits from cameraleather.com way way back in November. Didn't hear from Morgan for months. Then suddenly they arrive, with a short apology note for the delay. All is good http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/10/10_02/10_02_me_m3/index.htm D Remind me

PESO - M3 and ME reskinned

2010-02-08 Thread Derby Chang
I ordered some leather kits from cameraleather.com way way back in November. Didn't hear from Morgan for months. Then suddenly they arrive, with a short apology note for the delay. All is good http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/10/10_02/10_02_me_m3/index.htm D -- der...@iinet.net.au

RE: PESO - M3 and ME reskinned

2010-02-08 Thread Bob W
I ordered some leather kits from cameraleather.com way way back in November. Didn't hear from Morgan for months. Then suddenly they arrive, with a short apology note for the delay. All is good http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/10/10_02/10_02_me_m3/index.htm D Remind me never to do

Re: PESO - M3 and ME reskinned

2010-02-08 Thread frank theriault
On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 4:33 PM, Bob W p...@web-options.com wrote: Remind me never to do that to my M3! I have to admit, it's a bit garish. No, it's a lot garish. In fact, I might go so far as to say hideously garish. ;-) The ME looks good though! cheers, frank -- Sharpness is a

Re: PESO - M3 and ME reskinned

2010-02-08 Thread Rob Studdert
On 09/02/2010, Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au wrote: I ordered some leather kits from cameraleather.com way way back in November. Didn't hear from Morgan for months. Then suddenly they arrive, with a short apology note for the delay. All is good That's nice but pretty full on, I'm not sure I

Re: PESO - M3 and ME reskinned

2010-02-08 Thread Brian Walters
That ME doesn't look too dissimilar to my ME SE. But a blue M3?... Cheers Brian ++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ On Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:16 +1100, Derby Chang der...@iinet.net.au wrote: I ordered some

Re: PESO - M3 and ME reskinned

2010-02-08 Thread John Celio
http://members.iinet.net.au/~derbyc/10/10_02/10_02_me_m3/index.htm I really like the blue on that Leica! If I had a skinnable camera I'd be seriously considering that color right now. In the Pentax family photo, what is skinned on the MZ-5? It's too dark to tell for sure. Nice job!

Re: PESO - M3 and ME reskinned

2010-02-08 Thread Boris Liberman
Derby, I suppose I should wanna meet you in person, 'cause I'd like to look into your eyes both when you do hold and when you don't hold one of your reskinned cameras... Boris On 2/8/2010 11:16 PM, Derby Chang wrote: I ordered some leather kits from cameraleather.com way way back in