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[Cactus]

I have a Canon AE-1 that I would like to replace the leather on. I only have done it one time with my Yashica FX-3 that was very simple to do, but the Canon looks a bit harder. Looks like the film tab holder is over the rear door leather. Can anyone enl

[Glenn]

Remove it and sling it, who needs the useless thing anyway. Tape over the resulting holes with adhesive aluminium tape and the recover with the replacement leather or vinyl.

[Glenn]

Obviously you have no experience of A Series cameras or the film packaging used in the 1980's. Do you have a genuine use for this site, apart from posting spurious junk links?

[Br1078lum]

That's just another spammer, Glenn.  I'll notify Margaret.
 
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[Glenn]

Yes I know, but occasionally I like to vent my spleen at these inconsiderate buggers!

[Br1078lum]

Glenn, the very fact they are inconsiderate negates any good you might do by venting at them.  They obviously don't care how you feel about it.  I just ignore 'em and report 'em.  They hate it when they are ignored.  All that time wasted getting i

[Fallisphoto]

Cactus: I believe that the AE-1 is one of the cameras that Morgan Sparks, at Camera Leather, offers a kit for. The kits are precut, self-sticking and very easy to install. This is a link for Camera Leather: [url=http://www.cameraleather.com/others/

[Aerowoof]

thanks for the link,need to recover a yashica and winder.

[Fallisphoto]

Well, he also makes kits for a lot of Yashicas.