RE: [Leica] What to do with the viewfinder?

["B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>]

Hi, Bob - I find that I just leave my 21 and viewfinder on one body and that
way I don't have the viewfinder problem - and I have one less set of chances
to drop either viewfinder or lens during lens changing...I use the other
body for my other three lenses - 35 1.4 - 50 and 90 2. My goal, however, is
to consolidate to three lenses and three bodies - 21 ASPH, 35 ASPH, 75
Summilux, and, like Jim Marshall, never have to switch lenses...

If you're not going to go for the mount-it-and-leave it technique, try just
wrapping the finder in a microfiber cloth and dumping it into the bag with
the lens...You can miss a lot of photo opportunities fiddling with that damn
little black "box" for the finder..

B. D.

> -----Original Message-----
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> Subject: [Leica] What to do with the viewfinder?
>
>
> OK, I'm new to this separate viewfinder business. So allow me
> to glean your
> experience. I wondering what's the best way of handling,
> storing, carrying
> the thing. I see three options:
>
> 1.) Leave it on the camera always (camera won't fit as well
> in the bag this
> way).
> 2.) Store it in the little box/pouch thing it came in
> 3.) something else (other than having it roll around in the
> bottom of the bag)
>
> Along the lines of "something else" I've considered attaching
> a flash shoe to
> the back of a lens cap -- thus having a place to keep the
> finder and the lens
> together. Has anyone tried this approach?
>
> Bob (seeking viewfinder Nirvania) McEowen
>