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Love NX 2021 Movement - Part 1 - Samsung NX20

Started May 14, 2021 | Discussions
freedo Regular Member • Posts: 215
Love NX 2021 Movement - Part 1 - Samsung NX20
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Good day brothers and sisters,

It's been a long time since I posted here. I would like to re-introduce myself. I'm alfe, my dad was a top professional photographer in his time, my calling is music ( I am a musician and drumming teacher) so while myself I am a hobby photographer, I've always used photography as a common topic to engage him.

I fell in love with Samsung NX when the NX10 came out. As a true blue fan, I have NX10, NX20, NX30, 3 x NX500 (yes i made sure I stashed them!) missed out on NX1 due to cost and availability, and ...... YES! I scored a NX Mini :)))

These threads are my humble contribution to this forum. I hope we can encourage each other, show as much love as we can , to the things that we hold dear.

After Covid, I realised I should have been more public in my affection for these cameras. I plan to keep them charged, and to take them out daily as much as possible. Just shooting non-descript stuff. Before Covid, I had been working far too much, and neglected them, only taking them out once in a blue moon for some much needed photography therapy.

My first post here then, is how I restored my NX20, for its leather had become v sticky and gross.

Today, I share photos of how I stripped it away. I thought I could just peel it off and use it as a base to cut a new leather strip, (I ordered it from eBay)

But it was so rotten by now !

I used about 20+ alcohol wipes to get rid of every sticky black stuff. it was ... gross

If you guys have any questions just fire away, I am quite bad at workmanship but I will do my best to share everything I know.

Have a great day ahead folks !!

Samsung NX mini Samsung NX1 Samsung NX10 Samsung NX20 Samsung NX30 Samsung NX500
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OP freedo Regular Member • Posts: 215
Re: Love NX 2021 Movement - Part 1 - Samsung NX20
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The Leather Replacement

I got my leather replacement from this ebayer:

https://www.ebay.com.sg/itm/254187590204?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649

When it arrived, so far it looked legit:

Tomorrow's follow-up post will be to share how I (amateurishly) cut and fit the new leather skin on to my now-naked NX20 :

OP freedo Regular Member • Posts: 215
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Cutting and Installing a new Leather Strip

This was really tough for me, despite my best efforts.

It came after futile efforts in locating a camera leather replacement shop in my country.

I used:

1 my smallest measuring tape

2 scissors

To the best of my ability, I measured the area to be 5.5cm x 5cm.

It didnt quite cover everything well. you'll need to buffer a bit more than the above measurement (gd luck!)

Somehow I got the wrong end of the taper (It should have been the other side!)

Trying my best to measure

It seemed ok

Looks like I've to cut a little bit away on the bottom left here

Good Lord, my measurement's off !

My estimation sucks !!!

Sitting pretty at a friend's wedding lunch (not for fussy folks)

Wahid Khan 1961 Regular Member • Posts: 179
Re: Love NX 2021 Movement - Part 1 - Samsung NX20
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Good results, I'd be proud of that work. Same is true for your NX30 restoration.

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OP freedo Regular Member • Posts: 215
Re: Love NX 2021 Movement - Part 1 - Samsung NX20

Wahid Khan 1961 wrote:

Good results, I'd be proud of that work. Same is true for your NX30 restoration.

Thank you for the kind encouragement!

Good day

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