Whats up with Camera Leather these days?

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Hey guys,

I was thinking of putting bling on my M3, and was looking at Camera Leather site. Has anyone delt with these guys here recently?

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There's a hidden thread here on APUG about horror stories dealing with cameraleather.com, most folks have switched to using http://aki-asahi.com/store/
 

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I made a purchase from them maybe 6 months ago. I received the order very quickly and the quality was great.
 

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send morgan an email off his site and ask what his expected turn around is
i purchased from him a long while ago and knowing he had a huge backlog
gave me an idea of how long it was going to take ... it turned out OK
 

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I'm still waiting for an order placed with him several years ago.
 

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Aka-Asahi

They are just awesome and fast - just got some new skin for the back door of my M3 - great laser-cut stuff
 

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It seems from various reports from the web;
when it is good, it's very good, but when it's bad......well you may pay and never see anything. That's too bad, he is the only source for my Olympus Pen F coverings.
so I'm in a bit of a quandary myself, should I pay the money and take a chance it will disappear.
 

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Well I just went to their site and when you click on any of the site links to various supported cameras all I get is '404' not found' so it looks like their website is broken at this time.
 

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I have ordered from CameraLeather several times, most recently a few months ago.
I have always received a quality product in a timely fashion.
 
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I would like to change my Hasselblads to Cobalt Blue which Camera Leather has but not for my SWC and which http://aki-asahi.com/store/ does not have. So I will putter around and just spend my money on film and paper which in the end are the only things that matter.
 
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Look at Aki-Asahi Custom Camera Coverings in Japan.
http://aki-asahi.com/store/
This stuff is legendary for its quality and precision fit. He has told me before that what is not in stock can be made up, so I presume that applies to Hasselblads too, unless there is a usually very, very good reason for steering clear of any particular camera.
He has supplied light seals for my Pentax 67, which is a bit more intricate and absolutely fiddly than donning leathers (on the camera, I mean...).
 

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Never had any problems with orders from Morgan, covered a Mamiya C330 last year and messed up a piece. He sent me a replacement quickly at no charge.

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I ordered a red leather kit for my Leica 1f about 4 months ago. It took about 4 months to show up (!). The camera is very pretty with it but it does not fit perfectly if you look closely. It was cut a couple of mm too short. But you wouldn't notice unless I pointed it out, and the old covering had started to crumble.
The blue kit on my M3 showed up within a couple of weeks (about 2 years ago) and fits perfectly.
I also have used Aki-Asahi. "His" leathers show up within the week and are cut perfectly. But his selection is more limited and the finish is much more plasticky looking than cameraleather but still very nice.
 

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If you can source your own leather, Aki can cut it for you. I asked for a custom a while back, but my dealer couldn't find a decent skin, so I put my money on other projects..
 

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The way my last cameraleather order fit on my 1f:

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Be fully prepared for the fact that you may be throwing your money away by ordering from cameraleather.com
 
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Hugostudio.com has the closest match I've ever seen to Leica vulcanite. Have covered several cameras with it...
 

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I have no experience with cameraleather, but Aki-asahi has great quality and really fast shipping. The declaration for customs and packaging is very good, too.
 

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I ordered replacement leather from Cameraleather and received rapid service, good communication and a good replacement leather part.
 

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I tried to order from him twice, he still owes me $20.00, I stupidly gave him a second chance ...... my second order also never came had to do a paypal refund, he does not reply to a email and as far as I am concerned Morgan is waste of space and my time

I have put 3 orders with Aki-Asahi all were great :- service and shipping was 1st class

Stay away from camera leather

Johnkpap
 

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Aki Asahi will make covers and light seal foam even for cameras not listed. I just had to send him the cameras. He used them to make a template and even gave me the covers and light seals for free.
 

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funny this thread reappeared as today i am using my 1f w extremely poor fitting leather by cameraleather.
 
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