My Leica IIIg traveling Camera with half case

This is my traveling camera, yes that’s a light meter. It is a trusty old Leica IIIg screw mount camera and a Gossen Luna Pro. This combination has not let me down, in a time when auto everything and speed; this Leica IIIg forces you to spend the time really looking and focusing on the scene brfore you take that photo. This outfit encourages me do just like the fishermen do enjoy fishing as well as getting the fish. Frankly it just allot of fun to use this old manual camera that’s made out of metal with machined parts. This camera feels good in your hands with it’s rounded corners. Well that’s not what this post is all about.

Make your own Leica camera half case

Well this what I did after looking at the prices of the half cases on the internet, I said to myself. Let me say first there are some very nice ones on the market. I noticed that people were selling the original hold cases at a low price on Ebay. I didn’t want to sell my own case because it would lose it’s value. So I looked for Inexpensive one and I found one with the straps missing that someone was selling cheaply. I said perfect my half case project this is what I did.

Two steps to making your Leica half case

First I took the old pin out that holds the eveready case together. Second I took the case parts to a shoe maker to put a snap where the pin was. The old hole was great as a landmark for placement for the new snap. Now I have a full eveready case and a half case. This is the what it looks like below.

This is my Leica half case ready for action

This case is just right and vintage just like the Leica IIIg that is at home in it. It protects my work horse, this baby does not sit on the shelf. This Leica IIIg goes with me to take my reference shots as well as those images that I will soon be showing on my photography Blog. Well I need to get back to painting, this is my Leica.