Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/11/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]When our son, now eighteen, lost interest in toy cars I found a couple of rubber tyres that fit perfectly on Leica VF oculars (M4-2 and M6) A little more difficult for a Canon 7, the ring is almost flush with the body - fixed it with a self-adhesive rubber pad usually used for sticking under anything that might scratch furniture surfaces, stamped a round with an old cigar tube and then stamped a hole in the middle with the help of an old ballpoint pen barrel and a hammer. Douglas Jim Nichols wrote: > I have a scarred left lens from my Barnack Leicas. I use a circle cut > from black adhesive-backed felt from the Wal-Mart craft department. > Cheap, very useful. > > Jim Nichols > Tullahoma, TN USA > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Leonard Taupier" <len-1@comcast.net> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> > Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 5:04 PM > Subject: Re: [Leica] M8 Impressions, Pro and Con, correction > > >> Alastair, >> >> I shot with a M2 and M3 at times. If you do you better put something >> over the viewfinder to protect your glasses. It's metal not rubber >> and can be pretty sharp. I think Stephen still sells a little sticky >> donut for that purpose. What I do is punch a hole in a band-aid and >> then with scissors cut around the hole to fit the eyepiece. I'm >> still walking around with a scratch over the right lens the first >> and only time I didn't use protection. Just a word of advice. >> >> Len >> >> >> On Nov 15, 2006, at 6:08 PM, Alastair Firkin wrote: >> >>> I have my first pair of glasses coming this afternoon: I can put up >>> with not being able to read X-rays at work, but when I could not >>> read the f- stop on my M6 something had to give ;-) Better than the >>> alternative has always been my philosophy. >>> >>> Cheers >>> On 16/11/2006, at 7:25, Tina Manley wrote: >>> >>>> LUG: >>>> >>>> Disregard this comment that I made about the M8: >>>> >>>> "Either the viewfinder is dimmer than my M7's or my eyes are >>>> getting worse (a possibility!) It's harder to get the focus right >>>> than with the M7." >>>> >>>> I just got back from having my eyes checked and the vision in my >>>> left eye has decreased 20% since my last check-up! The doctor >>>> checked for glaucoma, cataracts, macular degeneration and all >>>> kinds of stuff and found nothing. I'm going back next week >>>> another test and some new glasses. My focusing with the M8 should >>>> improve immensely when I have glasses that match my new decreased >>>> vision. Getting old sucks but it's better than the alternative!! >>>> >>>> Tina >>>> >>>> Tina Manley, ASMP, NPPA >>>> http://www.tinamanley.com >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Leica Users Group. >>>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >