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Last week I told you how Gariz realized their sexy half leather cases for the new Olympus E-M1. You can have it on eBay in [shoplink 43405 ebay]Black (Click here)[/shoplink] or [shoplink 43406 ebay]Brown (Click here)[/shoplink].
But if you want to spend less there is now a cheaper alternative. For $55 you can get that leather case on eBay in [shoplink 43501 ebay]Black (Click here)[/shoplink] or [shoplink 43502 ebay]Brown (Click here)[/shoplink]. Looks good too!
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This photo makes it look like the camera’s battery cover/door has been removed . . . ???
It’s still there
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The combination of half-case leather and DSLR-like body looks weird, funny, and so ugly. But half-case leather looks stylish and gorgeous for range-finder camera.
I agree. These cases don’t look good on the E-M1.
GAK!
Those white stitches make it even more hideous!
Hans… I agree..I have a black Gariz half case for my silver E-P5 (black stitch)..SUPER well-made product…and makes the camera just the right size for my larger hands and ads a VERY secure tactile grip to hold the camera more securely. I also have a mini half case for my white E-PL6….again..it gives me a much ore secure hold on the camera AND both cameras with the Gariz “shot-gun” step set-up are great out on the street.
….but…HEY…I like to dress up my Barbies, too! 🙂
“Shot-gun” strap set-up..
(damn spell check!)
+100. E-M1 itselft looks ugly due to the exact copy of DSLR shape and style. Using a half-case leather with this camera makes it like Frankenstien monster.
What’s the purpose of such a case? It strikes me that it’s more of a fashion accessory rather than anything practical.
So you can pretend you’ve got a 70s-era SLR that came with a 50mm lens and a 2-piece leather case. In a pinch, imagining you’ve got a rangefinder with a fixed 40mm or 45mm works, too. Then you can pretend you left the top part of the case at home, or it’s stashed in your bag.
Gots to love fantasies… 😉
I just don’t like it.
Thanks a lot for the case. It makes this ugly looking plasticlook of the M1 a little more classy and stylish. It repairs a little of the mistakes in design. Unfortunately the grip in leather is not covering the complete grip. May be in next version. Hands need natural material to grip and not a swolen plastic landscape…
What are you talking about? The E-M1 is probably the mirrorless camera with the best design for ergonomics and handling. The stupid half cases disturb the design not the other way round. I can’t see any serious design flaw at the E-M1.
Best Design? It is only half work. You can hold it with this grip in front of your eye. Ok. This works, like it worked with the old film cameras.
But this model has a tiltable screen. How do you hold it waist level or ground level? How do you press the buttons then? No no, it is an oldfashioned design with bad ergonomics for all possible levels to take pictures. You remember the Sony F828 with tiltable body? THIS is ergonomics that follows the different ways of holding a cam. All controlls are on the same position. That is ergonomic design. The E-M1 is a brick with a handle, only for one purpose, shots it front of eye.
@Harry Germany
Agree with you!. Olympus should not copy the look of DSLR for E-M1. It reminds me of my old DSLR with ridiculous big hump with stupid grip. They have been more creative. IMHO, E-m1 is the worst design mirrorless camera ever with the copy of DSLR shape!!!.
I’d avoid.
I had basically this same half “case” for my RX1 in the past.
Was just not anywhere near the quality and feel you’d think it is based upon the photos.
Additionally, to echo others comments, I found myself wondering why I’d even wanted this product after about 3 hours.
Hi, I use those case since the launch of Fuji -Pro 1, they are awesome… I bought one more for my X-E2 and for new Panasonic M1, great too. I used Gariz on a Olympus OMD5, good too but I prefer those one. Cheaper, greater, good finish, sent in a nice pouch, really good product.And no, you do not have to take off the battery door.
I agree for the white stitches, I wrote to the compagny about that, but I have the brown one…
Sharpies work great for hiding offending stitches or logos!
I read about these custom leather cases for modern cameras all the time, and most of the ones I’ve seen look absolutely stellar! BUT, does anyone realize that these type of cases fell out of favor back in the 60’s-70’s because, being leather, they inherently absorb humidity and then your camera is always in contact with the humid leather, and there are also by-products of the leather curing process that are out-gassing in contact with your camera as well? I’ve seen some of these Chinese made that remind me of the smelly, greasy, Soviet leather camera cases of the 60’s-70’s. Why would I want that in contact with an expensive camera.
BTW, camera companies used to call these cases “ever-ready” , to which the “photo-wags” replied: “…you mean ‘never-ready’…”
These beautiful cases must mean that cameras are returning to cherished items, whereas in the 70’s, you were judged a street photographer by how much black had worn off and how much “brassing” was showing through. BTW, if you use these cases, I wouldn’t store my camera in them, I’d take them out for storage…
What holds it on? Is that a M/F boss that screws into the one on the bottom of the camera? If so I like that a lot better than the Gariz which just cavalierly uses the original boss, which is somewhere near where it should be, and then re-locates the boss over into some corner that they find convenient, but which is nowhere near where it should be, so the camera hangs off a tripod like a cup of coffee about to fall off a table.
The stitching on the #B could be dyed easily, but I still wonder if that top right corner is going to flop out in time as the leather begins to age and loose it’s pressed shape. There is so little to hold it together around the back, which, by the way, you can not even see in the Gariz adds! Still, if I wanted a case, I would certainly buy the #B. For twice the price Gariz can only be bothered to include one photo of their product and a fairly low resolution photo at that. I like to know what I am buying and their adds don’t show much at all.
I guess this must be for those who like the look of leather diapers?
@Toe The look of shiny plastics and rubber like the normal cameras consists of is not better.