[Leica] Multi-finder mounting issue

[douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)]

Try "Evergreen" plastic card, it's available at most good modelling 
(planes and ships and stuff, not women) shops in various thicknesses, 
easy to cut to size with a sharp knife or scissors.
I used this on the CV 12mm finder which tends to fall (with disastrous 
and very expensive consequences) out of the shoe of Voigtl?nder cameras, 
two small strips attached with expoxy to the foot of the finder, the 
plastic (polystyrene) is also soft enough to give a little if you have 
to force the foot into and out of the shoe, it's a lot more durable than 
cardboard too (that was my first remedy).
Douglas

Jim Nichols wrote:

> I use Leica finders, so haven't encountered this problem myself.  I 
> have seen suggestions by others that recommend using thin cardboard 
> shims cut to fit the accessory shoe.  That will help with vertical 
> clearance.  If the problem is with lateral movement, the only 
> suggestion I have is to remove the screws that attach the shoe to the 
> camera and carefully apply pressure to the sides of the shoe to 
> tighten it up.  However, if you go too far, Leica accessories may not 
> go into the shoe.
>
> Jim Nichols
> Tullahoma, TN USA
>
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