Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Alternatively the Kuhn (Wetzlar) Flexameter offers a similar option, but both of these are for 50mm lenses I believe. However, their largish, strangish form will more likely attract attention rather than reduce it! Stephen Gandy has a Flexameter on his site but I'm happy to let mine go at the price below. And finally, their performance will undoubtedly disappoint you, very dull images which are hard to see. Jem - -----Original Message----- From: Ken Wilcox [SMTP:wilcox@tir.com] Sent: 08 February 2000 14:51 To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: [Leica] Re: Waist level finders 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 - ---- Ken Wilcox Carolyn's Personal Touch Portraits preferred---> <wilcox@tir.com> <kwilcox@gfn.org>