Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/01
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I realize this topic has come and gone, but I just bought a Cosina 15mm and needed something to protect the finder. I thought Ted's suggestion was great--to buy some chamois leather and sew a litle bag with a drawstring. Unfortunately, I can't sew. Fortunately, my 12 year old son can. He is quite proficient with his hands and has been tying my dry flies for trout fishing since he was 7. So I bought some chamios and turned him loose. I now have a dandy finder bag and three bags for larger lenses! Since he is a budding photographer (I bought him a used Canon Ftb on E-bay for Christmas) he also made a few for himself. Ted, since you provided the spark of creativity here, if you would be so kind as to e-mail me your mailing address, I will send you a free genuine handmade chamios finder case. If anyone else in the group is interested, he might be persuaded to make some more for a very nominal fee (plus Ted's cut, of course <g>). My only question to the group is, chamois leather is oil tanned and treated with cod oil to keep it soft, if I remember correctly. I don't worry about my lenses since they have caps, but the finder doesn't. Do you think cod oil and coated optics are a safe mix? Since chamois can be used to polish lenses I thing it must be safe. Cheers, Tim Phipps West Virginia University