Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/04/29
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ouch - sorry to hear that. Get well soon. Try zone focus and hold M8 upside down, operating shutter with thumb. Its heavy that way, so try a light weight lens with great DOF - 15 0r 21mm CV? Or you could have your physician embed a tripod screw in the plaster and mount the camera on your cast. -- Clive http://www.clive.moss.net/blog/ on 4/26/2007 6:16 PM grduprey@mchsi.com said the following: > well tuesday night in a rain storm i managed to destroy my right shutter > operating wrist. I am now trying to figure out how to operate my leicas > with only my left hand. yes i am right handed and this is going to be > hell. ;-) i am going to have to figure out how to avoid camera > withdrawell. i realize using a tripod with an M is sacrillege, but maybe > this is an allowable transgression. i will have the cast on for the next > 10 weeks. of course anna and my wife are smiling at their good fortune of > not having me with the m in my hand all the time now. any suggestions on > how to do this without committing all the M transgressions? got home from > the hospital this afternoon, and the M8 is calling me - oh the shame of it > all. > > gene > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >