Carbon fibre EOS M!

[Malakai]

Ok, so its actually 3D carbon vinyl lol. I made a template and cut to fit my EOS M. Im going to cut a red carbon one tomorrow and see how it looks.



What do you think? The photos don't do it justice, it looks great in the flesh!

 

[HaroldC3]

It looks real nice but is it slippery?

 

[digital88]

I like it, looks great! Do you have a vinyl cutter?

Cheers,

Bruce

 

[j2l3m7]

Photo three looks great, very nice.

 

[Hunt Consulting]

Nice!

 

[Joe Talks Photo Gear]

Malakai wrote:

Ok, so its actually 3D carbon vinyl lol. I made a template and cut to fit my EOS M. Im going to cut a red carbon one tomorrow and see how it looks.

What do you think? The photos don't do it justice, it looks great in the flesh!

You got some skills. I was looking at buying a silicon cover but it cost over $30. I am thinking of undertaking this project using aluminum foil.

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JTPG

 

[JimWongyyz]

Is this the material you use ?

3M 1080 CF12 / CFS12 Black Carbon Fiber 60"x12" Vinyl Flex Wrap : Amazon.ca: Automotive

3M 1080 CF12 / CFS12 Black Carbon Fiber 60"x12" Vinyl Flex Wrap : Amazon.ca: Automotive

www.amazon.ca

 

[UCSB]

Very nice job ... looks unique. But, I like the stock black. I have a Roland vinyl cutter did you build your template in Adobe Illustrator?

 

[delete-pending]

Looks great! OK, here is just my personal preference: I would fully cover "Canon" logo. Do you know that in many countries people stealing cameras go only for equipment with "Canon" and "Nikon" logos? Lesser known brands (Ricoh? Sigma?) or very well known but rare, difficult to sell brands (Leica?) are apparently very rarely targeted. When traveling I always put black masking tape to mask brands of my equipment. Sad, but true

That practical aspect aside I think that masking "Canon" makes it a bit more mysterious

 

[Malakai]

@HaroldC3

I find it has a better grip now than without the vinyl on it.

@JimWongyyz

Very similar material. I won a 5m x 1.5m roll on ebay for carbon vinyl wrapping the Mrs car. Used off cuts to make mine.

@UCSB

I took a photo of the top of the camera and drew a template in photoshop, I was going to use illustrator but stuck with ps. I then printed this on the back of the sticky back and cut it by hand using scissors and a craft knife.

Id love to get access to a cutter though. Im very tempted to see if there is a market for these and buy a cutter to mass produce them in different colours.

 

[digital88]

They have leather skins available in different colors on Ebay for under $17 shipped. Not sure how well they sell, never seen anybody post that they have one.

Cheers

 

[JimWongyyz]

Can I have a copy of your template please , I also want to do a vinyl skin.

 

[boblu]

Looks so cool. Want to know how you did!

 

[Lucky Ducky]

boblu wrote:

Looks so cool. Want to know how you did!

Umm, the OP already told us above:

Carbon fibre EOS M!

Ok, so its actually 3D carbon vinyl lol. I made a template and cut to fit my EOS M. Im going to cut a red carbon one tomorrow and see how it looks. What do you think? The photos don't do it justice, it looks great in the flesh!

www.dpreview.com