John's answer, as usual, is pretty definitive.
I always thought 'semi-hard' referred to the fact that the only useful bit,
the base, was harder than the cover. Probably not..!
Those bases are handy if you want to protect the paintwork/metalwork or want
to lay it down somewhere damp or mucky. I used to use mine like that but
grew out of it. Changing film is such an operation that removing it never
bothered me for that. I still have one, a bit distressed, somewhere. It's
not leather, though.
Donald (who doesn't like them, either)
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Donald Neil MacDonald, BA DipLIS
www.bigmac1st.freeserve.co.uk
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