Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/11/23

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Subject: Re: A Pair of Shoes
From: Jim Brick <jim@brick.org>
Date: Sun, 23 Nov 1997 18:02:55 -0800

At 08:37 PM 11/23/97 -0500, you wrote:
>Does anyone know if it would be possible to have a second (non-sync'd) shoe
>attached on the top plate of an M6 next to the rewind crank, above the
>viewfinder?  Whenever I use my 21 finder (putting aside having to shift over
>to where it's mounted) my nose presses into the "real" viewfinder and leaves
>a smudge.  Some of the smudge stays on the rubber eyepiece, so when I look
>through the viewfinder the next time, I end up with a smudge on my glasses.
> Unless I'm the only one to whom this happens, wouldn't it be better to have
>the 21/24 finders mount directly above the normal viewfinder?
>
>Doc

This does not happen to me, so I wont say anything about the Leica cameras
that don't have to use auxiliary view finders, regardless of lens.

However, a good epoxy would probably do the trick.

Jim