Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/11/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Phil, Get a plastic snap-in guard for your M4 eyepiece. DAG sells them for $15. They fit all the older M bodies with the metal eyepiece. I bought one for my M2 and M4. They're a real eyeglass saver. They just snap over the existing eyepiece. Len On Nov 28, 2008, at 1:49 AM, Philip Forrest wrote: > I own and regularly shoot a Leica M4 with a few very fine lenses from > Leica, Canon and Nikon. > I recently picked up a Konica Hexar and can't > stop taking photos with it. The lower magnification in the VF and the > little rubber ring around the eyepiece are a godsend for me when > wearing glasses. > I also regularly carry around either a Diax IIa or an Adox Adrette II > with 50mm Xenon lens for compactness. > Lately I have become enamored with Nikon rangefinders. I've only > handled one just once before in my life and that was 5 years ago, > before I got my first Leica M and the Nikon was a black paint SP. > Incredible. Now I find myself fantasizing about shooting an S2 with a > 50mm f/1.4 lens. Not a lofty goal and not the pinnacle of Nikon RF's > either. > I'm not a collector. I'm a user and abuser. My cameras get beat up > unless I don't like them in which case they don't get used and then > get > sold. My feelings are that a support group is almost necessary for > this > hopeless addiction to incredible mechanical tools like these cameras. > Apologies for the OT ramble. > Phil Forrest > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information