Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/07/26

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Subject: Re: Opinions on cases
From: Dan Cardish <dcardish@microtec.net>
Date: Sat, 26 Jul 1997 09:17:59 -0400

At 08:55 PM 25-07-97 -0400, S. Khai Mong wrote:
>
>Does anybody have strong feelings towards the "Everready" cases made
>for the M's?  I have a hard leather one, and find that although it
>really protects the camera, it is quite a nuisance and gets in the
>way.  Using the everready case, the compactness, discreteness,
>convenience advantage of the camera is negated.
>
>What other protective cases do you use?  I am looking for something to
>use on family trips where I just want to use a standard lens, pop a
>few rolls of film in my pocket and be free.  What I like to know is
>whether Leica's soft everready case is any more convenient than the
>hard one and whether a 50mm Summicron will fit in it.

I have the hard leather ever-ready case for my M6.  I almost never use the
top portion, but find that the bottom half does two things; it helps
protect the camera, and provides a convenient grip.  My only "gripe" is
that it must be removed in order to change films.

Dan C.