Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A great trick. But now I have another problem. I found nice, two-inch, red rubber bands to wrap around my straps and Softies. But after I put tape over the rubber bands (they're red, after all) I can't get them around the Softies. Suggestions? Rob - -------------------- > Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 10:23:31 -0400 > From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> > Subject: RE: [Leica] Calling all Bostonian LUGnuts (apathetic or otherwise) > > Yes...It was 97! in freaking Boston, but I was in NYC, where it was 94..but > the air was totally unbreathable... > > And, yes, Tootsie is the confirmation giver.. > > ON TOPIC... > > When I had dinner with the delightful Medley's during their recent and > frenetic stay in Boston, David demonstrated the way to avoid wasting > exposure after exposure by accidentally tripping the TA Softie: He places a > large rubber band between the softie and the camera body...it works... > > I have, however, improved slightly on his "invention": Take a small, 2" > long, rubber band, remove your camera strap, run it through the band, and > reconnect the strap....When you're not shooting, slip one end of the rubber > band around the softie, the other end remains around the strap...when you > shoot, just flip the band off the softie and it hands on the strap....Always > there...I had given up on using the softie because I found the accidental > exposures so frustrating...now I am once again a happy Softie...user... > > That's the high-tech Leica fix for the day...