ATTENTION: for my "how to purchase" INFO page,
please
click HERE !
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ATTENTION: I reserve the right to
improve my cases, as actually I am doing very often
!
Then, some of the recently made cases may slightly differ
(in better) from the pictured ones !
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www.leicatime.com
MY ONLY shipping address, for items
or payments: Luigi Crescenzi,
via Courmayeur 35, 00135 Roma, Italy in
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ATTENTION, I am experiencing, once again, a certain
DELAY on the cases production.
In fact, despite my efforts in order to may offer most cases in stock, or almost
to make
in 10/12 days any ordered cases, actually the making time is quite longer !
I count on your understanding Luigi'scases
+ straps for
your Leica M, R, and other
cameras
Ready cases are shipped immediately upon payment received, but now, for cases
made due to a your
possible special order, I must to warn you that I need calm making time, and
your patience (12-15+ days...)
ATTENTION:
Dear foreign (non-EU) customers, what perhaps you don't know, since May 2006
we had (wow !) a COMMUNIST GOVERNMENT in Italy ! Incredible, I know, but
our WAS
the LONE western country with such a government... The Italian customs
then became every days more strict, and we are now bombarded with burocracy
requests, papers, limits, and any possible BRAKES to a modern, normal, easy
activity... As a result, it became for me almost impossible to clear from our
customs any returned items, if not spending DAYS of time for burocracy demands,
and even more because, also if the returned item is evidently a MY item, "made
in Italy" and a "Luigi" product, sold by us, we are requested to PAY some
disappointing (and high) custom's fees ! Please, remember that when you are
placing a your (appreciated) order ! Of course, I will increase even more
the attention and the care that any sold items, and any parcel obviously
deserves, but, again, I ask you to remember that a RETURN is now really
difficult, and/or unreasonably costly ! The worst problem is that I don't have
absolutely the TIME to follow such burocratic matters, or I would be unable to
make my WORK. As always, you may count on my integrity, and in an HONEST
response to any possible problems... BUT, NO RETURNS, please !... If in
the future such problems will be solved, I will inform you... :-) OF COURSE, NO RETURN PROBLEMS, AT ALL, FROM ALL EU COUNTRIES !
AND. NOW, FROM THE NEW GOVERNMENT, I AM EXPECTING A NEW ATTITUDE,
WITH LESS PROBLEMS FOR THE (RARE, BUT POSSIBLE) RETURN OF SOLD ITEMS,
almost when clearly embossed: "Leicatime*Luigi Crescenzi, made in Italy" ! I
will let you know !
***shipping options***
UPS gave me problems... NOW I ship by FEDEX, or by
Registered Air Mail. Fedex express
shipping to EU and USA until 500 grams € 25,
some
Asian countries € 5
more.
Fedex
express shipping to EU and USA until 1000 grams
€ 30, some
Asian countries € 5
more.
A less expensive (but slower) Post registered air mail shipping IS available,
€ 10 to € 24
for light parcels, € 25 to
€ 35 for over 1000 to 2000 grams. Packing & handling
included
ABOUT SHIPMENTS: of course, I would prefer to ship
by Fedex, that is fast, and recently VERY reliable ! But, it cost... Italian
Registered Air Mail service by Post is slower, needing from 8 to 15+ delivery
days, and it WAS reliable. However, in the 1st three months of the year 2007,
them seem to have LOST me 4 parcels ! But, it cost less...
Attention, please: we are always
working
for our cases improvements,
then we reserve the right
to make some slight modifications, that
could let be your NEW case slightly different from the ones pictured.
"NO NAME" cases and straps can be of course
ordered, if you
prefer to avoid our
logo(s) on the purchased items. Please read shipping rules on this page bottom !
Dear visitors of this page(s), let me finally
introduce "officially" my very special Bottom
"flush"
SCREW, the one that some buyers of my cases
already knows... Sincerily, I am quite proud of this my idea ! Unlike Leica
cases screws, and, as far as I know, unlike ALL cases screws, this special "Luigi's"
screw still leaves the case bottom perfectly flat, without the uncomfortable
protrusion on the bottom, that prevents the case (and the camera) to rest firmly
even on the most flat surfaces ! His design permit to easily operate it with any
thin coins, and in the lower part there is the useful TRIPOD hole, with the
smaller thread, the one actually used by ALL makers. It is quite costly, Eur 50
each (fitted), because:
1. every screw is hand made with a lathe -
2. the screw is all made in solid stainless steel,
of which I am a fanatic user, being me a "boat's man"... -
3. to fit well it is a not easy job, it takes a lot of time and care, and
there is always the risk to ruine a NEW case !
ATTENTION: the "Bottom SCREW" is not fitted in our cases by default
!
It will be fitted ONLY upon a clear request, and a related payment fo A new very special product MADE and offered by
Leicatime !
Please, look attentively... I am introducing
the NEW two "soft shutter releases"
buttons for Leica and other cameras, 16 mm diameter for your finger's comfort.
For Bessas I am making them smaller ! I know, several are offered around.
But, those two models are made in SOLID STAINLESS STEEL
!
TWO models: "Concave" and "Convex"
- Eur 12 each,
choose yours !
NOW, you'll find the Leicatime website address
engraved on their bottom.
Why I show them in this (cases) page ? Because I suggest
you to order it/them along with a case, avoiding to pay the shipping cost
for the soft release, alone ! I already placed one of them in EACH of my cameras...
:-) The softrelease screws into the remote
shutter release mechanism inside the shutter button and
provides a few advantages.
First, it physically raises the height of the shutter button, allowing you to
use the joint or pad of your finger to fire the shutter rather than the tip.
This results in a smoother action, more like squeezing a trigger than prodding a
button, which reduces camera shake a little and is (to many people at least)
more comfortable. Generally, the cable release socket also has a smoother action
than the shutter button, so the softrelease turns it into something of a
hair-trigger, which again helps reduce camera shake. The effect seems to vary a
little camera-to-camera, but I find them essential items on my M6 and Canon P.
Most users experience a combined benefit of about a stop more usability in
hand-held shooting: so if you find that you can normally manage sharp hand-held
shots at only 1/30 a softie should allow you to go down to 1/15 and achieve the
same results. Personally I find that, with the softie in place, I can manage
decent shots of 1/4 second quite easily, and even 1/2 if I'm lucky (I must have
steady hands).
The only downside is, as S. says, you do tend to end up with a few shots of the
inside of your camera bag, unless you get into the habit of stashing the camera
without winding on first. That said, film's cheap. (feedback
from a friendly user...)
Now,
also...
in Black Paint !
However, I can't guarantee the paint duration...
I thought to post a feedback of a kind buyer, about this item(s)
! :-)
Finally, I am offering the SS MiniConvex for your RF Bessa cameras
! A few (nice) prototipes are available, ready, Eur 12 each
Wonderful service. Soft release is well
made. You won't believe the difference!
Being now TWO of my products made in Stainless
Steel, the "Concave" and the "Convex"
soft release buttons, we thought to show you a new, extraordinary possible
product: the personalized "Logo", ("Logo" is our
product name for it...), that we can make with any your
initials, following a your special design, and other variations, always
in the (suggested) eternal SOLID stainless steel ! The result is a wonderful,
important paper-weight like artisan's masterpiece, heavy, incredibly pleasant to
touch, and to "play with" ! (Well, it can be also an useful, "emergency weapon"
!) The cost, in the shown size, is approximately Eur 300
for EACH single letter. The shown Logo has TWO
letters. Please, ask for your possible personal "Logo", and I will quickly send
the estimated cost for it. We may make yours also longer, with several letters,
or even with a FULL name, in any Word software fonts, and more !
Please note that Patrizia
is designing a nice case for lady...
Perhaps for your wife ?
***shipping options***
UPS gave me problems... NOW I ship by FEDEX, or by
Registered Air Mail. Fedex express
shipping to EU and USA until 500 grams € 25,
some
Asian countries € 5
more.
Fedex
express shipping to EU and USA until 1000 grams
€ 30, some
Asian countries € 5
more.
A less expensive (but slower) registered air mail shipping available,
€ 13 to € 24
for light parcels, € 25 to
€ 35 for over 1000 to 2000 grams. Packing & handling
included
ABOUT SHIPMENTS: of course, I would prefer to ship
by Fedex, that is fast, and recently VERY reliable ! But, it cost... Italian
Registered Air Mail service by Post is slower, needing from 8 to 15+ delivery
days, and it WAS reliable. However, in the 1st three months of the year 2007,
them seem to have LOST me 4 parcels ! But, it cost less...
Shipping rules: dear (possible) buyers, although we are always using the
MOST reliable shipping
ways, as Fedex, EMS, and the less costly Registered Air Mail, it must be very
clear that we are
NOT responsible for any shipping risk after that we have carefully sent the sold
items. Of course,
the SAFETY of our parcels, when them are on the way
to reach you, is out from our control. Then,
I must enhance this WARNING: we will issue a full
refund OR a 2nd similar item shipment ONLY if you
will request (and purchase) a FULLY INSURED SHIPPING,
adding an extra 1% of the grand total of
your purchase, with a miminum amount of $ 2 for low
cost items. Thank you for your understanding.
PLEASE COME BACK SOON, I WILL ADD OTHER PICTURES OF SPECIAL, "ONE -OFF" CASES !
NEW !
PayPal accepted at NO extra
charges,
if funds are coming from your PayPal or Bank account balance.
If coming from a Credit Card, then please ask for a
special agreement.
NEW ! SOME of our larger items, will
be shipped perfectly packed
into one of those special, robust
Leicatime boxes ! :-)
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