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Do you dress up your Leica or go naked?

  
 
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p.1 #1 · Do you dress up your Leica or go naked?


Do you have accessories on your Leica?
I have a soft release, thumb grip and leather Leica strap on my M.
I occasionally use a visoflex or 1.4 viewfinder magnifier with longer lenses.

Some people have bottom plates and grips.
I'm getting a Q3 43 soon and I was looking at different color thumb grips and lens caps for that.

I should add a photo to this post. I will take one soon.

What do you have on your Leica?



Jun 21, 2026 at 09:57 PM
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p.1 #2 · Do you dress up your Leica or go naked?


I only use the camera strap that came with the camera. If I go beyond that it is only accessories that assist in taking the picture. Occasionally I will use a visoflex especially when using lenses that are not rangefinder lenses. ie) Leica R, Canon FD. The other accessory I use is when my Leica is tripod mounted and I am doing a long exposure or have attached a telephoto lens such as my Canon FD 150-600mm then I screw in a cable release.


Jun 21, 2026 at 10:30 PM
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p.1 #3 · Do you dress up your Leica or go naked?


There was a similar thread here that has some additional information:

https://www.fredmiranda.com/forum/topic/1942723/



Jun 21, 2026 at 11:20 PM
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p.1 #4 · Do you dress up your Leica or go naked?


Just an L-Bracket. If you get the Q3-43, get the Really Right Stuff Grip plate if you want to use a tripod, and the Helium Labs Grip (no dovetail) if not. The RRS plate has a QD socket as well.


Jun 22, 2026 at 01:28 AM
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p.1 #5 · Do you dress up your Leica or go naked?


Digital Ms equipped with hot shoe thumb grib and shutter release button.
Film Ms equipped with hot shoe cover and shutter release button.
All Ms equipped with simple but rigid fiber based neck strap.



Jun 22, 2026 at 07:56 AM
 


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p.1 #6 · Do you dress up your Leica or go naked?


I have Arte di Mano cases and Kameraleder straps on my M’s. The Tom A softies are functional so not really dress up.


Jun 22, 2026 at 08:15 PM
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p.1 #7 · Do you dress up your Leica or go naked?


Leica brown half cases for my 2 M 10s and black for the M 10 mono.



Jun 22, 2026 at 10:04 PM
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p.1 #8 · Do you dress up your Leica or go naked?


I prefer naked for my M10R and M10M. That said, I have a soft release on the M10M that was an xmas gift and stays on all the time. On rare occasions I use an RRS L plate and tripod for night shots and sometimes I use my Visoflex 020 with the 21SEM and 90 APO.


Jun 23, 2026 at 12:18 AM
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p.1 #9 · Do you dress up your Leica or go naked?


naked Leicas for me dont belong on a tripod. I have been using them since 1977 an M2 so very use to them


Jun 23, 2026 at 12:49 AM
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p.1 #10 · Do you dress up your Leica or go naked?


Most add ons make the camera more functional, protected or easier to hold...then there's the choice of color and materials.

I have a natural leather wrist strap on my M4, a brown Leica leather strap on my M10R, a black leather Artist and Artisans strap on my M10M. I often use Peak Design straps on other cameras but I like to keep my Leicas in a classic mode.

I have simple generic soft releases on my cameras I like red ones, brass or bronze or colors other than black. I have several but they are all sort of cheap ones, I have lost a few in the past so I don't like to pay too much for them.

I have a Leica thumb grip on my M10R and a Match Technical on my M10M.

I have a Leica red half case and strap for my M10 but I haven't used them yet.



Jun 23, 2026 at 09:37 AM







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