Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/08

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Subject: [Leica] Re: Waist level finders
From: Ken Wilcox <wilcox@tir.com>
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2000 09:50:38 -0500

I occasionally see a De Morney Bud finder in junk bins for $25-$50. These
fit LTM camera with specific lenses and give focusing capability.

Ken Wilcox


At 11:03 -0500 2/7/0, a fine scholar, Emanuel Lowi wrote:

>Has anyone ever encountered any kind of aftermarket shoe-mounted waist level
>viewfinder for sale?
>I know about  Leitz Wetzlar's AUFSU, AYOOC and AHOOT of the 1930s-1940s
>but these
>have become serious collector's items, very pricey even in shabby shape.
>Yet the idea
>seems so useful for unobtrusive shots.
>Does anybody make something similar at an reasonable price, for normal or wide
>lenses? Russian? Japanese? Ukrainian? I don't care if it's plastic. I
>cannot keep
>borrowing my wife's Yashica T4 Super when going stealthy!
>
>Emanuel Lowi
>Montreal


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