Aesthetics

With this project I really wanted the camera to be unique. Not just in terms of it's function, but its appearance as well. While this can be accomplished with a little bit of paint, I felt this project deserved a whole leather makeover. I have already removed the small piece that covered the cutter-bar screws earlier.

The easiest piece to remove is the strip along the bottom.

As well the piece by the miter cut, though small, is easily pulled off.

To remove the front leather, unscrew the front latch button.

There are a couple of edges and cuts to mind with this piece of leather when peeling.

The final piece of leather is the door. To pull it off in a single piece the focus knob and metal tab must be removed.

The focusing bed must be moved aside to get at the knob and the leather. Remove the 2 large stop screws and then the 2 smaller focus screws. Note the hole by the focus screws, green arrow, this is where infinity is set with the focus knob when putting this all back together.

The last part before the bed can be folded up is the distance scale. Remove both screws and the plate. Fold the bed up and reveal the focus knob and metal tab connections.

To remove the metal , pry the small tabs up while simultaneously sliding it into the small slits to the left. The focus knob comes right off with the small bolt.

With all that out of the way, you can easily peel the leather back.

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